Hi Inder, Hadoop handles it automatically. You will see a message indicating re-login in the flume.log file. I've tested this by setting ticket_lifetime in the krb5.conf file on the Flume host.
Mike On Tuesday, May 22, 2012, Inder Pall wrote: > Folks, > > Based on my current understanding kerberos tokens have a maximum lifetime. > HDFSEvent Sink does kerberos login as a part of it's init and i believe as > a part of getUserLogin() theTGT renewal thread also starts. > > So what happens when you reach the maximum renewable lifetime of the > ticket. Does that require a relogin() if so how is it handled in FLUME? > > -- > Thanks, > - Inder > Tech Platforms @Inmobi > Linkedin - http://goo.gl/eR4Ub >
