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Configure HBase to use Kerberos

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Configure HBase to use Kerberos

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Procedure

On all HBase regionserver nodes, update the hbase-site.xml file by adding the following section:

<property>
   <name>hbase.regionserver.keytab.file</name>
   <value>/opt/mapr/conf/hbase.keytab</value>
 </property>
 <property>
   <name>hbase.coprocessor.region.classes</name>
   <value> org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.token.TokenProvider,org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController</value>
 </property>

On the HBase master node, update the hbase-site.xml file by adding the following section:

<property>
  <name>hbase.master.keytab.file</name>
  <value>/opt/mapr/conf/hbase.keytab</value>
</property>
<property>
  <name>hbase.coprocessor.master.classes</name>
  <value>org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.AccessController</value>
</property>

Restart the HBase master and regionserver nodes.