Using Windows Azure HDInsight Service

This authentication mechanism is available only for Spark Thrift Server on HDInsight distributions.

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

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 Service.
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 typed abpve.
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.

Note:

If necessary, you can create custom HTTP headers. For more information, see Configuring HTTP Options.

7. Click SSL Options and configure SSL settings as needed. For more information, see Configuring SSL Verification.
8. Click OK to save your SSL configuration and close the dialog box, and then click OK to save your authentication settings and close the dialog box.

Related topics

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