Configure SASL Encryption for Spark on YARN

Note: Starting in MEP 4.0, for secure clusters, you can skip the steps outlined in this section. For new installs done through the 6.0 MapR Installer, the installer enables this configuration. For manual installs and upgrades, running configure.sh -R, as the final step in the configuration process, enables these settings.

Complete the following steps to manually enable SASL encryption on a non-secure cluster or in versions earlier than MEP 4.0:

  1. Verify that authentication is enabled, or configure authentication. SASL encryption uses the same authentication keys.
    For more information, see Configure Authentication for Spark on YARN
  2. Configure the following property in the spark-defaults.conf file on each spark node. 
    spark.authenticate.enableSaslEncryption true

    The spark-defaults.conf file is in the following location: /opt/mapr/spark/spark-<version>/conf/

Parent topic: Security with Spark on YARN