Unable to create root directory in HDFS.

[#1]

Recently I accessed hortonworks sandbox in azure. I tried to create a new directory in the root but the "new directory" button seems to be disabled. However, I am able to create sub directories from the available root directories. I understand that this is a problem at access level but I am not sure how to gain access.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

@Gokul Devaraj

You can create hdfs user in amabari and the you can create directories on /

[#3]

Thanks for the response. Could you please elaborate a bit more on the steps for creating a HDFS user?

[#4]

@Gokul Devaraj

Click admin on the right hand side and choose manage ambari

create local user with name hdfs and make sure to make it admin user while creating it

[#5]

@Gokul Devaraj Did it help?

[#6]

@Neeraj Sabharwal Sorry for the late reply. Yes, creating an ambari user named "hdfs" with root privilege solved the problem. Thanks. 🙂

Anyways, through the command prompt I was able to switch to user - "hdfs" and then create the folder in the root path.

[#7]

@Gokul Devaraj Perfect! Please accept the best answer to close the thread