Configuration Propertiesedit

Once installed, define the configuration for the hdfs repository through the REST API:

PUT _snapshot/my_hdfs_repository
{
  "type": "hdfs",
  "settings": {
    "uri": "hdfs://namenode:8020/",
    "path": "elasticsearch/respositories/my_hdfs_repository",
    "conf.dfs.client.read.shortcircuit": "true"
  }
}

The following settings are supported:

uri

The uri address for hdfs. ex: "hdfs://<host>:<port>/". (Required)

path

The file path within the filesystem where data is stored/loaded. ex: "path/to/file". (Required)

load_defaults

Whether to load the default Hadoop configuration or not. (Enabled by default)

conf.<key>

Inlined configuration parameter to be added to Hadoop configuration. (Optional) Only client oriented properties from the hadoop core and hdfs configuration files will be recognized by the plugin.

compress

Whether to compress the metadata or not. (Disabled by default)

chunk_size

Override the chunk size. (Disabled by default)

security.principal

Kerberos principal to use when connecting to a secured HDFS cluster. If you are using a service principal for your elasticsearch node, you may use the _HOST pattern in the principal name and the plugin will replace the pattern with the hostname of the node at runtime (see Creating the Secure Repository).