Connection String Options
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Basic Tab.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | The authentication scheme used. Accepted entries are Plain, LDAP, NoSasl, and Kerberos. |
| Server | The host name or IP address of the server hosting HiveServer2. |
| Port | The port for the connection to the HiveServer2 instance. |
| User | The username used to authenticate with Hive. |
| Password | The password used to authenticate with Hive. |
| ProtocolVersion | The Protocol Version used to authenticate with Hive. |
| TransportMode | The transport mode to use to communicate with the Hive server. Accepted entries are BINARY and HTTP. |
| Database | The name of the Hive database to use by default. |
| ImpersonationProxyUser | The proxy user of the Hive user impersonation. |
| SaslQop | Quality of protection for the SASL framework. The level of quality is negotiated between the client and server during authentication. Used by Kerberos authentication with TCP transport. |
| Property | Description |
| KerberosKDC | The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user. |
| KerberosRealm | The Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user. |
| KerberosSPN | The service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
| KerberosKeytabFile | The Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. |
| KerberosServiceRealm | The Kerberos realm of the service. |
| KerberosServiceKDC | The Kerberos KDC of the service. |
| KerberosTicketCache | The full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file. |
| Property | Description |
| SSLClientCert | The TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL). |
| SSLClientCertType | The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
| SSLClientCertPassword | The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
| SSLClientCertSubject | The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
| SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Property | Description |
| SSHAuthMode | The authentication method to be used to log on to an SFTP server. |
| SSHClientCert | A private key to be used for authenticating the user. |
| SSHClientCertPassword | The password of the SSHClientCert key if it has one. |
| SSHClientCertSubject | The subject of the SSH client certificate. |
| SSHClientCertType | The type of SSHClientCert private key. |
| SSHServer | The SSH server. |
| SSHPort | The SSH port. |
| SSHUser | The SSH user. |
| SSHPassword | The SSH password. |
| SSHServerFingerprint | The SSH server fingerprint. |
| UseSSH | Whether to tunnel the Apache Hive connection over SSH. Use SSH. |
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Property | Description |
| ProxyAutoDetect | This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not. This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings. |
| ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. |
| ProxyPort | The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyUser | A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyPassword | A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
| Property | Description |
| LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
| Property | Description |
| Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
| Property | Description |
| AsyncQueryTimeout | The timeout for asynchronous requests issued by the provider to download large result sets. |
| EnableXSRF | This option specifies whether to add the X-XSRF-Header filter to HiveServer2 HTTP mode. |
| FailoverHosts | This property allows you to specify a list of failover hosts in addition to the one configured in Server and Port . |
| HTTPPath | The path component of the URL endpoint when using HTTP TransportMode. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| Pagesize | The maximum number of results to return per page from Apache Hive. |
| Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to Apache Hive from the provider. |
| ServerConfigurations | A list of server configuration variables to override the server defaults. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| UseDescTableQuery | This option specifies whether the columns will be retrieved using a DESC TABLE query or the GetColumns Thrift API. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |
| UseShowDatabasesQuery | This option specifies whether the schemas will be retrieved using a SHOW DATABASES query or the GetSchemas Thrift API. |
| UseShowTablesQuery | This option specifies whether the tables will be retrieved using a SHOW TABLES query or the GetTables Thrift API. |
| UseSSL | Specifies whether to use SSL Encryption when connecting to Hive. |
| UseZookeeperDiscovery | Specifies whether to use ZooKeeper Service Discovery. |
| ZookeeperNamespace | The namespace configured on ZooKeeper for the Hive Server 2 znodes. |