https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/How-do-I-authorize-users-for-access-of-Spark-SQL-Thrift/m-p/190230#M152319 <P><A rel="user" href="https://community.cloudera.com/users/18605/stellium.html" nodeid="18605">@Sarnath K</A>, Do you mean Authentication or Authorization for Spark Thrift Server.</P><P>For Authentication you can Enable ACL's - <A href="http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/security.html" target="_blank">http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/security.html</A></P><P>Authorization for Spark can be done using </P><UL><LI>HDFS ACLs, which can also be managed using Ranger.</LI><LI>LLAP enabled Spark for Coloumn Security, in which reads from HDFS go directly through LLAP. </LI></UL><P>You can refer to the following KB Article - <A href="https://hortonworks.com/blog/sparksql-ranger-llap-via-spark-thrift-server-bi-scenarios-provide-row-column-level-security-masking/">SPARKSQL, RANGER, AND LLAP VIA SPARK THRIFT SERVER FOR BI SCENARIOS TO PROVIDE ROW, COLUMN LEVEL SECURITY, AND MASKING</A></P> Sun, 24 Sep 2017 04:07:17 GMT shahrukh_khan 2017-09-24T04:07:17Z