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Larry McCay updated HADOOP-10607:
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    Description: 
As with the filesystem API, we need to provide a generic mechanism to support 
multiple credential storage mechanisms that are potentially from third parties. 

We need the ability to eliminate the storage of passwords and secrets in clear 
text within configuration files or within code.

Toward that end, I propose an API that is configured using a list of URLs of 
CredentialProviders. The implementation will look for implementations using the 
ServiceLoader interface and thus support third party libraries.

Two providers will be included in this patch. One using the credentials cache 
in MapReduce jobs and the other using Java KeyStores from either HDFS or local 
file system. 

A CredShell CLI will also be included in this patch which provides the ability 
to manage the credentials within the stores.



  was:
As with the filesystem API, we need to provide a generic mechanism to support 
multiple credential storage mechanisms that are potentially from third parties. 

We need the ability to eliminate the storage of passwords and secrets in clear 
text within configuration files or within code.

Toward that end, I propose an API that is configured using a list of URLs of 
CredentialProviders. The implementation will look for implementations using the 
ServiceLoader interface and thus support third party libraries.

Two providers will be included in this patch. One using the credentials cache 
in MapReduce jobs and the other using Java KeyStores from either HDFS or local 
file system. 




> Create an API to separate Credentials/Password Storage from Applications
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-10607
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-10607
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: security
>            Reporter: Larry McCay
>            Assignee: Larry McCay
>             Fix For: 3.0.0
>
>
> As with the filesystem API, we need to provide a generic mechanism to support 
> multiple credential storage mechanisms that are potentially from third 
> parties. 
> We need the ability to eliminate the storage of passwords and secrets in 
> clear text within configuration files or within code.
> Toward that end, I propose an API that is configured using a list of URLs of 
> CredentialProviders. The implementation will look for implementations using 
> the ServiceLoader interface and thus support third party libraries.
> Two providers will be included in this patch. One using the credentials cache 
> in MapReduce jobs and the other using Java KeyStores from either HDFS or 
> local file system. 
> A CredShell CLI will also be included in this patch which provides the 
> ability to manage the credentials within the stores.



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