Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Private Container on a Separate Account
To connect to a private container on a separate storage account, you must
configure Hadoop for access to the container. To make this configuration
change, complete the following steps:
1. Use Remote Desktop to connect to your HDInsight cluster by clicking
the Configure button on your HDInsight dashboard.
2. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the
C:\apps\dist\hadoop-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT\conf\
directory and
open the
core-site.xml
file in Notepad.
3. Add the following snippet of XML, ensuring that you substitute the
storage account name and storage account key:
<property>
<name>fs.azure.account.key.<ACCOUNT>.blob.core.microsoft.com
</name>
<value><KEY></value>
</property>
4. Save the changes and close the file.
After you define the account and security key required for access to the
container, HDInsight will treat the container as a local container.
NOTE
You can easily use the Hadoop
FileSystem
API to manage containers
from your HDInsight cluster. A few of the common commands are
included here:
• Create a new container
hadoop fs -mkdir
asvs://<container>@<account>.blob.core.windows.net/
<path>
• List container contents
