WebHDFS configuration

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The WebHDFS feature must be enabled in order to use this publisher.

Grant Read Permissions to Crawl Path

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Granting READ permissions is a must since the connector won't be able to get any data if the Path to be crawled is restricted.

Kerberized Clusters

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For Kerberized Clusters, a delegation token is required in order to crawl any path within the HDFS. To obtain this token you must:

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