Hadoop - Authentication

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What is Authentication, known also as Access control, Identification, or AuthN? in Hadoop

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• Class:
  • org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil.getAuthenticationMethod
  • org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation
• Hadoop Auth, Java HTTP SPNEGO Hadoop Auth is a Java library consisting of a client and a server components to enable Kerberos SPNEGO authentication for HTTP.
• how to configure authentication for Hadoop in secure mode
• CredentialProvider API Guide to create a custom provider
• Hadoop Key Management Server (KMS) - Documentation Sets - Hadoop KMS is a cryptographic key management server based on Hadoop’s KeyProvider API.