<property>
<name>hbase.rest.keytab.file</name>
<value>$KEYTAB</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hbase.rest.kerberos.principal</name>
<value>$USER/_HOST@HADOOP.LOCALDOMAIN</value>
</property>
Substitute the appropriate credential and keytab for $USER and $KEYTAB respectively.
The REST Gateway will authenticate with HBase using the supplied credential.
<property>
<name>hbase.rest.authentication.type</name>
<value>kerberos</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hbase.rest.authentication.kerberos.principal</name>
<value>HTTP/_HOST@HADOOP.LOCALDOMAIN</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hbase.rest.authentication.kerberos.keytab</name>
<value>$KEYTAB</value>
</property>
<!-- Add these if you need to configure a different DNS interface from the default -->
<property>
<name>hbase.rest.dns.interface</name>
<value>default</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hbase.rest.dns.nameserver</name>
<value>default</value>
</property>
Substitute the keytab for HTTP for $KEYTAB.