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Apache HDFS Connection

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Apache HDFS Connection

The Apache HDFS connection type enables connection to Apache HDFS.

Default Connection IDs

Web HDFS Hook uses parameter webhdfs_conn_id for Connection IDs and the value of the parameter as webhdfs_default by default.

Configuring the Connection

Host The host to connect to, it can be local, yarn or an URL. For Web HDFS Hook it is possible to specify multiple hosts as a comma-separated list.

Port Specify the port in case of host be an URL.

Login Effective user for HDFS operations (non-Kerberized).

Extra (optional, connection parameters) Specify the extra parameters (as json dictionary) that can be used in Web HDFS connection. The following extra parameters can be used to configure SSL for Web HDFS Hook:

* ``use_ssl`` - If SSL should be used. By default is set to `false`.
* ``verify`` - How to verify SSL. For more information refer to https://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#ssl-cert-verification.
* ``cert`` - Client certificate path for mTLS, can be combined cert or used with ``key``
* ``key`` - Client key path for mTLS with ``cert``.
* ``cookies`` - Add cookies to session.
* ``headers`` - Add headers to session.