Configuration

• Enable WebHDFS :

<property>
  <name>dfs.webhdfs.enabled</name>
  <value>true</value>
</property>

• Configure Hue as a proxy user for all other users and groups, meaning it may submit a request on behalf of any other user. See Hadoop Core - Proxy Authentication

 <property>
  <name>hadoop.proxyuser.hue.hosts</name>
  <value>*</value>
</property>
<property>
  <name>hadoop.proxyuser.hue.groups</name>
  <value>*</value>
</property>

• Hue - hue.ini - The NameNode (usually http://namenode:50070).

[hadoop]
 
  [[hdfs_clusters]]
 
    [[[default]]]
 
      # Enter the filesystem uri
      fs_defaultfs=hdfs://namenode:8020
 
      # Use WebHdfs/HttpFs as the communication mechanism.
      # Domain should be the NameNode or HttpFs host.
      webhdfs_url=http://namenode:50070/webhdfs/v1