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{scrollbar} {excerpt}How to add a Chrome Omnibox extension to support HDFS browsing.{excerpt} At the link below is a quick Chrome Omnibox extension to support HDFS browsing. |
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Basically you type in "hdfs" and a space, then the simplified file path, which is the hostname without a port followed by the pathname. |
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[^hdfs-browser.crx |
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] As an example using a node called "bad-qa-apahad", if you type hdfs then space then enter the following: |
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bad-qa-apahad/user/hive/warehouse/customer |
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You should see something like this: |
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Then when you hit enter it will build and load the browse URL for you:
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The current version assumes HTTP (not HTTPS) protocol, a browse port of 50075, and a NameNode info port of 50070. Also, remember to add the hostnames to your hosts file if they are not resolved by your DNS servers.
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!hdfs_omnibox.png|border=1! Then when you hit enter it will build and load the browse URL for you: \\ !hdfs_omnibox_results.png|border=1! The current version assumes HTTP (not HTTPS) protocol, a browse port of 50075, and a NameNode info port of 50070. Also, remember to add the hostnames to your hosts file if they are not resolved by your DNS servers. To install, open a Chrome tab pointing to chrome://chrome/extensions/ and drag the CRX file (saved from the above link) onto the page. |
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I welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions, feel free to email me at [mburgess@pentaho.com |
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|mailto:mburgess@pentaho.com]. |