Configuring HDFS access over SSL / TLS

[Michael Allen <mi...@sqrrl.com>]

Hi all, I'm new to the Hadoop community.  I'm trying to figure out if I'm
missing something, or if there is really no straightforward way to enable
HDFS access over SSL / TLS.

>From the discussion I've seen on various sites and this mailing list, one
may configure SSL for:

- the HDFS proxy server, which seems to be read only
- the webHDFS protocol, i.e. the newer REST-based API
- the administrative HTML interface

but there doesn't appear to be a way to secure the regular HDFS RPC-style
connections with SSL / TLS.

Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks,

- Mike