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Hive Metastore

This document describes the supported parameters when connecting to and accessing Hive Metastore through the CREATE CATALOG statement.

Parameter Overview

Property NameFormer NameDescriptionDefault ValueRequired
hive.metastore.urisThe URI address of Hive Metastore. Supports specifying multiple URIs separated by commas. Uses the first URI by default, and tries others when the first URI is unavailable. For example: thrift://172.0.0.1:9083 or thrift://172.0.0.1:9083,thrift://172.0.0.2:9083NoneYes

Kerberos Authentication Related Parameters

"hadoop.authentication.type" = "kerberos",
"hive.metastore.service.principal" = "hive/_HOST@EXAMPLE.COM",
"hadoop.kerberos.principal" = "doris/_HOST@EXAMPLE.COM",
"hadoop.kerberos.keytab" = "etc/doris/conf/doris.keytab"

Note: In the current version, Hive's Kerberos authentication parameters are shared with HDFS's