Using Windows Azure HDInsight Emulator

This authentication mechanism is available only for Spark Thrift Server instances running on Windows Azure HDInsight Emulator.

To configure a connection to a Spark server on Windows Azure HDInsight Emulator:

1. Choose one:
• To access authentication options for a DSN, open the ODBC Data Source Administrator where you created the DSN, then select the DSN, and then click Configure.
• Or, to access authentication options for a DSN-less connection, open the Simba Spark ODBC Driver Configuration tool.
2. From the Mechanism drop-down list, select Windows Azure HDInsight Emulator.
3. In the User Name field, type an appropriate user name for accessing the Spark server.
4. In the Password field, type the password corresponding to the user name you specified above.
5. To encrypt your credentials, click Password Options and then select one of the following:
   • If the credentials are used only by the current Windows user, select Current User Only.
   • Or, if the credentials are used by all users on the current Windows machine, select All Users Of This Machine.

   To confirm your choice and close the Password Options dialog box, click OK.

6. Click HTTP Options, and in the HTTP Path field, type the partial URL corresponding to the Spark server. Click OK to save your HTTP settings and close the dialog box.
7. To save your settings and close the dialog box, click OK.

Related topics

• Configuring Authentication
• Authentication Mechanisms
• Using No Authentication
• Using Kerberos
• Using User Name
• Using User Name And Password
• Using Windows Azure HDInsight Service
• Creating a Data Source Name
• Authentication Driver Configuration Options on page 1