If you want to browse files, etc in HDFS, you might look at Cloudera Hue.
It provides a web GUI with file explorer capabilities for HDFS. It is
very handy.
John
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Michael <fula...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi harsh,
>
> I've been tasked to create a simple portal to obtain info from
> namenode/datanodes of a hadoop installation.
>
> I know this might be available from cloudera and mapR, the tech leads want
> to roll their own simple implementation to reduce dependencies when
> deploying.
>
> We'll be fixed to a hadoop version to maintain consistency. So the API
> change shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Appreciate if this is the "correct" path to go about this :)
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 17:38, Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> wrote:
>
> > If you want to use the many methods of DFS, that is how you may check
> > for it and use it. However, the use of DistributedFileSystem directly
> > is discouraged as well (its not an interface, and is not meant to be
> > used directly by users at least).
> >
> > What are you looking to do with it exactly Michael, and which method
> > inside DFS particularly interests you that FS itself does not provide?
> >
> > If you can tell me your reasons, I can be a better judge, but in any
> > case it could turn out to be a problem to maintain as the framework
> > gives you no guarantee of it breaking/remaining stable in future (but
> > you are mostly okay if you are sticking to one version).
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Michael Lok <fula...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> I'm using the FileSystem class to connect to a HDFS installation. I'm
> also
> >> checking the instance if it's of DistributedFileSystem.
> >>
> >>> FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(uri, conf, "hadoop");
> >>>
> >>> DistributedFileSystem dfs = null;
> >>>
> >>> if (fs instanceof DistributedFileSystem) {
> >>> ...
> >>
> >>
> >> Was wondering if there's a way to obtain an instance of the NameNode
> class
> >> via the DistributedFileSystem or do I need to use ClientProtocol (which
> >> doesn't seem likely as the InterfaceAudience is set to Private)?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Harsh J
> > Customer Ops. Engineer
> > Cloudera | http://tiny.cloudera.com/about
>
