How to connect Spark SQL to remote Hive metastore (via thrift protocol) with no hive-site.xml?

Question

I'm using HiveContext with SparkSQL and I'm trying to connect to a remote Hive metastore, the only way to set the hive metastore is through including the hive-site.xml on the classpath (or copying it to /etc/spark/conf/).

Is there a way to set this parameter programmatically in a java code without including the hive-site.xml ? If so what is the Spark configuration to use ?

Answer 1

For Spark 1.x, you can set with :

System.setProperty("hive.metastore.uris", "thrift://METASTORE:9083");

final SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
SparkContext sc = new SparkContext(conf);
HiveContext hiveContext = new HiveContext(sc);

Or

final SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
SparkContext sc = new SparkContext(conf);
HiveContext hiveContext = new HiveContext(sc);
hiveContext.setConf("hive.metastore.uris", "thrift://METASTORE:9083");

Update If your Hive is Kerberized :

Try setting these before creating the HiveContext :

System.setProperty("hive.metastore.sasl.enabled", "true");
System.setProperty("hive.security.authorization.enabled", "false");
System.setProperty("hive.metastore.kerberos.principal", hivePrincipal);
System.setProperty("hive.metastore.execute.setugi", "true");