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Apache Knox Gateway 0.4.x (Incubator) User's Guide

Table Of Contents

  • #[Introduction]
  • #[Quick Start]
  • #[Apache Knox Details]
    • #[Layout]
    • #[Supported Services]
    • #[Sandbox Configuration]
  • #[Gateway Details]
    • #[Configuration]
    • #[Authentication]
    • #[LDAPGroupLookup]
    • #[Identity Assertion]
    • #[Authorization]
    • #[Configuration]
    • #[Secure Clusters]
  • #[Client Details]
  • #[Service Details]
    • #[WebHDFS]
    • #[WebHCat]
    • #[Oozie]
    • #[HBase]
    • #[Hive]
  • #[Limitations]
  • #[Troubleshooting]
  • #[Export Controls]

Introduction

The Apache Knox Gateway is a system that provides a single point of authentication and access for Apache Hadoop services in a cluster. The goal is to simplify Hadoop security for both users (i.e. who access the cluster data and execute jobs) and operators (i.e. who control access and manage the cluster). The gateway runs as a server (or cluster of servers) that provide centralized access to one or more Hadoop clusters. In general the goals of the gateway are as follows:

  • Provide perimeter security for Hadoop REST APIs to make Hadoop security easier to setup and use
    • Provide authentication and token verification at the perimeter
    • Enable authentication integration with enterprise and cloud identity management systems
    • Provide service level authorization at the perimeter
  • Expose a single URL hierarchy that aggregates REST APIs of a Hadoop cluster
    • Limit the network endpoints (and therefore firewall holes) required to access a Hadoop cluster
    • Hide the internal Hadoop cluster topology from potential attackers

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Export Controls

Apache Knox Gateway includes cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is permitted. See http://www.wassenaar.org for more information.

The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.

The following provides more details on the included cryptographic software:

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