Sqoop2: Kerberize Installation

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In this tutorial I will show you how to kerberize Sqoop installation. Before you begin ensure you have installed Sqoop.

This assumes your hostname is “hadoop”

Create Kerberos Principals

  1. cd /etc/security/keytabs
  2. sudo kadmin.local
  3. addprinc -randkey sqoop/hadoop@REALM.CA
  4. xst -kt sqoop.service.keytab sqoop/hadoop@REALM.CA
  5. addprinc -randkey sqoopHTTP/hadoop@REALM.CA
  6. xst -kt sqoopHTTP.service.keytab sqoopHTTP/hadoop@REALM.CA
  7. q

Set Keytab Permissions/Ownership

  1. sudo chown root:hadoopuser /etc/security/keytabs/*
  2. sudo chmod 750 /etc/security/keytabs/*

Configuration

Configure Kerberos with Sqoop

  1. cd /usr/local/sqoop/conf/
  2. nano sqoop.properties
  3.  
  4. #uncomment the following
  5. org.apache.sqoop.security.authentication.type=KERBEROS
  6. org.apache.sqoop.security.authentication.handler=org.apache.sqoop.security.authentication.KerberosAuthenticationHandler
  7.  
  8. #update to the following
  9. org.apache.sqoop.security.authentication.kerberos.principal=sqoop/hadoop@GAUDREAULT_KDC.CA
  10. org.apache.sqoop.security.authentication.kerberos.keytab=/etc/security/keytabs/sqoop.service.keytab