Chapter 1. HDP Security Administration Overview

The HDP Security Administration provides the following security for Hadoop clusters:

  • Authorization: Restricts access to explicit data as follows:

    • Fine-grained access control for HDFS, Hive, and Hbase

    • Role-based policies

    • Component-level enforcement

  • Audit: Track and report on the following items in a central location:

    • Detailed access auditing for HDFS, Hive and Hbase

    • Admin action auditing

  • Centralized Security Policies:

    • UI to centrally manage security policies

    • Delegated administration

    • Automated policy synchronization


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