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WebHDFS is a rest api for the HDFS file system
Example: A Web URL provides an Upload end-point into a designated HDFS folder.
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HDFS - Configuration (hdfs-site.xml)
<property>
<name>dfs.webhdfs.enabled</name>
<value>true</value>
</property>
Example
http://headnode:30070/imagetransfer?getimage=1&txid=latest
where:
- the port 30070 is the port of the namenode ui