Property type

Either Built-In or Repository.

Built-In: No property data stored centrally.

Repository: Select the repository file where the
properties are stored.

The properties are stored centrally under the Hadoop
Cluster node of the Repository
tree.

Distribution and
Version

Select the MapR distribution to be used. Only MapR V5.2 onwards is supported
by the MapRDB components.

If the distribution you need to use with your MapRDB database is not
officially supported by this MapRBD component, that is to say, this distribution is MapR
but is not listed in the Version drop-down list of
this components or this distribution is not MapR at all, select Custom.

1. Select Import from existing
   version to import an officially supported distribution as base
   and then add other required jar files which the base distribution does not
   provide.

2. Select Import from zip to
   import the configuration zip for the custom distribution to be used. This zip
   file should contain the libraries of the different Hadoop elements and the index
   file of these libraries.

   In
   Talend
   
   Exchange, members of
   Talend
   community have shared some ready-for-use configuration zip files
   which you can download from this Hadoop configuration
   list and directly use them in your connection accordingly. However, because of
   the ongoing evolution of the different Hadoop-related projects, you might not be
   able to find the configuration zip corresponding to your distribution from this
   list; then it is recommended to use the Import from
   existing version option to take an existing distribution as base
   to add the jars required by your distribution.

   Note that custom versions are not officially supported by
   
   Talend
   .
   Talend
   and its community provide you with the opportunity to connect to
   custom versions from the Studio but cannot guarantee that the configuration of
   whichever version you choose will be easy, due to the wide range of different
   Hadoop distributions and versions that are available. As such, you should only
   attempt to set up such a connection if you have sufficient Hadoop experience to
   handle any issues on your own.

   Note:

   In this dialog box, the active check box must be kept
   selected so as to import the jar files pertinent to the connection to be
   created between the custom distribution and this component.

   For a step-by-step example about how to connect to a custom
   distribution and share this connection, see Hortonworks.

Hadoop version of the
distribution

This list is displayed only when you have selected Custom from the distribution list to connect to a cluster not yet
officially supported by the Studio. In this situation, you need to select the Hadoop
version of this custom cluster, that is to say, Hadoop
1 or Hadoop 2.

Zookeeper quorum

Type in the name or the URL of the Zookeeper service you use to coordinate the transaction
between your Studio and your database. Note that when you configure the Zookeeper, you might
need to explicitly set the zookeeper.znode.parent
property to define the path to the root znode that contains all the znodes created and used
by your database; then select the Set Zookeeper znode
parent check box to define this property.

Zookeeper client port

Type in the number of the client listening port of the Zookeeper service you are
using.

Inspect the classpath for
configurations

Select this check box to allow the component to check the configuration
files in the directory you have set with the $HADOOP_CONF_DIR
variable and directly read parameters from these files in this directory. This
feature allows you to easily change the Hadoop configuration for the component to
switch between different environments, for example, from a test environment to a
production environment.

In this situation, the fields or options used to configure Hadoop
connection and/or Kerberos security are hidden.

The parameters read from these configuration files override the default
ones used by the Studio. When a parameter does not exist in these configuration
files, the default one is used.

Use kerberos
authentication

If you need to use a Kerberos keytab file to log in, select Use a keytab to authenticate. A keytab file contains
pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. You need to enter the principal to
be used in the Principal field and the access
path to the keytab file itself in the Keytab
field. This keytab file must be stored in the machine in which your Job actually
runs, for example, on a Talend
Jobserver.

Note that the user that executes a keytab-enabled Job is not necessarily
the one a principal designates but must have the right to read the keytab file being
used. For example, the user name you are using to execute a Job is user1 and the principal to be used is guest; in this
situation, ensure that user1 has the right to read the keytab
file to be used.

For further information about how Kerberos can be configured for your
database in a MapR cluster, see Configuring Kerberos
Authentication.

Properties

If you need to use custom configuration for your database, complete this table with the
property or properties to be customized. Then at runtime, the customized
property or properties will override those corresponding ones defined
earlier for your database.

For example, you need to define the value of the dfs.replication property as 1 for the database configuration. Then you need to add one
row to this table using the plus button and type in the name and the
value of this property in this row.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to collect the log data at a component
level.

Global Variables

ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the
component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This
variable functions only if the Die on error check box is
cleared, if the component has this check box.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable
functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl +
Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.

For further information about variables, see
Talend Studio

User Guide.

Usage rule

This component is generally used with other MapRDB components, particularly tMapRDBClose.

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure that you have met the Loopback IP prerequisites expected by your
database.

The Hadoop distribution must be properly installed, so as to guarantee the interaction
with
Talend Studio
. The following list presents MapR related information for
example.

• Ensure that you have installed the MapR client in the machine where the Studio is,
  and added the MapR client library to the PATH variable of that machine. According
  to MapR’s documentation, the library or libraries of a MapR client corresponding to
  each OS version can be found under MAPR_INSTALL
  hadoophadoop-VERSIONlib
  ative. For example, the library for
  Windows is lib
  ativeMapRClient.dll in the MapR
  client jar file. For further information, see the following link from MapR: http://www.mapr.com/blog/basic-notes-on-configuring-eclipse-as-a-hadoop-development-environment-for-mapr.

  Without adding the specified library or libraries, you may encounter the following
  error: no MapRClient in java.library.path.

• Set the -Djava.library.path argument, for example, in the Job Run VM arguments area
  of the Run/Debug view in the Preferences dialog box in the Window menu. This argument provides to the Studio the path to the
  native library of that MapR client. This allows the subscription-based users to make
  full use of the Data viewer to view locally in the
  Studio the data stored in MapR.

For further information about how to install a Hadoop distribution, see the manuals
corresponding to the Hadoop distribution you are using.