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impala/shell/packaging
wzhou-code 397d1d15a2 IMPALA-10745: Support Kerberos over HTTP for impala-shell
This patch ports the implementation of GSSAPI authentication over http
transport from Impyla (https://github.com/cloudera/impyla/pull/415) to
impala-shell.

The implementation adds a new dependency on 'kerberos' python module,
which is a pip-installed module distributed under Apache License Version
2.
When using impala-shell with Kerberos over http, it is assumed that the
host has a preexisting kinit-cached Kerberos ticket that impala-shell
can pass to the server automatically without the user to reenter the
password.

Testing:
 - Passed exhaustive tests.
 - Tested manually on a real cluster with a full Kerberos setup.

Change-Id: Ia59ba4004490735162adbd468a00a962165c5abd
Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/18493
Reviewed-by: Csaba Ringhofer <csringhofer@cloudera.com>
Tested-by: Impala Public Jenkins <impala-public-jenkins@cloudera.com>
2022-05-10 03:22:41 +00:00
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Impala Interactive Shell

You can use the Impala shell tool (impala-shell) to connect to an Impala service. The shell allows you to set up databases and tables, insert data, and issue queries. For ad hoc queries and exploration, you can submit SQL statements in an interactive session. The impala-shell interpreter accepts all the same SQL statements listed in Impala SQL Statements, plus some shell-only commands that you can use for tuning performance and diagnosing problems.

To automate your work, you can specify command-line options to process a single statement or a script file. (Other avenues for Impala automation via python are provided by Impyla or ODBC.)

Installing

$ pip install impala-shell

Online documentation

Quickstart

Non-interactive mode

Processing a single query, e.g., show tables:

$ impala-shell -i impalad-host.domain.com -d some_database -q 'show tables'

Processing a text file with a series of queries:

$ impala-shell -i impalad-host.domain.com -d some_database -f /path/to/queries.sql

Launching the interactive shell

To connect to an impalad host at the default service port (21000):

$ impala-shell -i impalad-host.domain.com
Starting Impala Shell without Kerberos authentication
Connected to impalad-host.domain.com:21000
Server version: impalad version 2.11.0-SNAPSHOT RELEASE (build d4596f9ca3ea32a8008cdc809a7ac9a3dea47962)
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Welcome to the Impala shell.
(Impala Shell v3.0.0-SNAPSHOT (73e90d2) built on Thu Mar  8 00:59:00 PST 2018)

The '-B' command line flag turns off pretty-printing for query results. Use this
flag to remove formatting from results you want to save for later, or to benchmark
Impala.
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[impalad-host.domain.com:21000] >

Launching the interactive shell (secure mode)

To connect to a secure host using kerberos and SSL:

$ impala-shell -k --ssl -i impalad-secure-host.domain.com

Disconnecting

To exit the shell when running interactively, press Ctrl-D at the shell prompt.