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HBASE-13425 Documentation nit in REST Gateway impersonation section

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Misty Stanley-Jones 2015-08-10 09:54:42 +10:00
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@ -236,7 +236,21 @@ To enable it, do the following.
<<security.gateway.thrift>> describes how to configure the Thrift gateway to authenticate to HBase on the client's behalf, and to access HBase using a proxy user. The limitation of this approach is that after the client is initialized with a particular set of credentials, it cannot change these credentials during the session. The `doAs` feature provides a flexible way to impersonate multiple principals using the same client. This feature was implemented in link:https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-12640[HBASE-12640] for Thrift 1, but is currently not available for Thrift 2.
*To allow proxy users*, add the following to the _hbase-site.xml_ file for every HBase node:
*To enable the `doAs` feature*, add the following to the _hbase-site.xml_ file for every Thrift gateway:
[source,xml]
----
<property>
<name>hbase.regionserver.thrift.http</name>
<value>true</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hbase.thrift.support.proxyuser</name>
<value>true/value>
</property>
----
*To allow proxy users* when using `doAs` impersonation, add the following to the _hbase-site.xml_ file for every HBase node:
[source,xml]
----
@ -254,21 +268,9 @@ To enable it, do the following.
</property>
----
*To enable the `doAs` feature*, add the following to the _hbase-site.xml_ file for every Thrift gateway:
[source,xml]
----
<property>
<name>hbase.regionserver.thrift.http</name>
<value>true</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hbase.thrift.support.proxyuser</name>
<value>true/value>
</property>
----
Take a look at the link:https://github.com/apache/hbase/blob/master/hbase-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/HttpDoAsClient.java[demo client] to get an overall idea of how to use this feature in your client.
Take a look at the
link:https://github.com/apache/hbase/blob/master/hbase-examples/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/HttpDoAsClient.java[demo client]
to get an overall idea of how to use this feature in your client.
=== Client-side Configuration for Secure Operation - REST Gateway
@ -305,6 +307,10 @@ To enable REST gateway Kerberos authentication for client access, add the follow
[source,xml]
----
<property>
<name>hbase.rest.support.proxyuser</name>
<value>true</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hbase.rest.authentication.type</name>
<value>kerberos</value>