Configure Impala to Use Sentry Authorization With the Database Storage Model

As of Sentry 1.6, Sentry can be configured to use the Database storage model. Complete the following steps to configure Impala to use Sentry authentication when Sentry uses the DB storage model:

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Procedure

  1. Set the following properties in env.sh (/opt/mapr/impala/impala-<version>/conf/env.sh):
    IMPALA_SERVER_ARGS=" \
    -server_name=HS2 \
    -sentry_config=<SENTRY-HOME> /conf/sentry-site.xml
    IMPALA_CATALOG_ARGS=" \
    -sentry_config=<SENTRY-HOME> /conf/sentry-site.xml
    IMPALA_STATE_STORE_ARGS="
    -sentry_config=<SENTRY-HOME> /conf/sentry-site.xml
  2. Run the following commands to restart Impala:
    sudo -u mapr maprcli node services -name impalaserver -action restart -nodes <nodename>
    
    sudo -u mapr maprcli node services -name impalastore -action restart -nodes <nodename>
    
    sudo -u mapr maprcli node services -name impalacatalog -action restart -nodes <nodename>
  3. When Impala is running, you can issue the following command to start the impala-shell as a particular user:
    impala-shell -u <user_name>