Browsing the HDFS datalake
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Description
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There are 2 different and distinct approaches to browse the HDFS datalake:
A. Through the WebHDFS API
B. Through the native Hadoop CLI
WebHDFS
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WebHDFS offers REST API for users to access data on the HDFS filesystem using the HTTP protocol. The activation of this feature is configured on the cluster side through the following directive in the hdfs-site.xml file:
dfs.webhdfs.enabled: true|false Enable WebHDFS (REST API) in Namenodes and Datanodes.
The API allows to perform all possible actions on the HDFS filesystem (view, create, modify, etc.).
By default, if Kerberos authentication is not enabled, no credential is needed to request these services: only user i