[jira] [Created] (HIVE-29038) Conclude if we should consolidate authentication methods of REST

["Shohei Okumiya (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Shohei Okumiya created HIVE-29038:
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             Summary: Conclude if we should consolidate authentication methods of REST
                 Key: HIVE-29038
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-29038
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Standalone Metastore
            Reporter: Shohei Okumiya


We're developing the minimal viable product of Iceberg REST API on Hive Metastore. As part of this effort, we discussed the possibility of having a unified authentication property for all REST use cases.

[https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/5870]

 

In short, we are providing `metastore.iceberg.catalog.servlet.auth` to allow users to configure their preferred authentication method for Iceberg REST Catalog. There is an opinion that this property should be more generic, e.g., `metastore.catalog.servlet.auth`, so that they can configure the authentication methods of all REST endpoints with a single property. The "all REST endpoints" mostly means the future proposal to provide a new unified metastore APIs such as Unity Catalog.

 

Definition of Done. We want to conclude how to expose the authentication method for Iceberg REST API by the 4.1.0 release. If the conclusion is the consolidation, we will rename `metastore.iceberg.catalog.servlet.auth` into the new name. If the conclusion is separation, we will close this ticket without any changes. If we can not conclude, we will probably offer the Iceberg REST API as experimental in 4.1.



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