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Table 2 Properties to control direct acess to data blocks

From: Implementation of a secure genome sequence search platform on public cloud-leveraging open source solutions

Property

Value to be set

Description

dfs.block.access.token.enable

true

If "true", access tokens are used as capabilities for accessing datanodes. If "false", no access tokens are checked on accessing datanodes.

dfs.block.access.key. update.interval

Depends upon your requirement, default is 600

Interval in minutes at which namenode updates its access keys.

dfs.block.access.token.lifetime

Depends upon your requirement, default is 600

The lifetime of access tokens in minutes.

  1. The table contains a list of properties required to check direct access to data blocks.