Service Principal Name
- Last Updated: October 3, 2020
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Attribute
ServicePrincipalName (SPN)
Purpose
The service principal name to be used by driver for Kerberos authentication.
Valid Values
ServicePrincipalName
where:
- ServicePrincipalName
- is the three-part service principal name registered with the key distribution center (KDC).
You must specify the service principal name using the following format:
Service_Name/Fully_Qualified_Domain_Name@REALM.COM
where:
- Service_Name
- is the name of the service hosting the instance. For example,
impala. - Fully_Qualified_Domain_Name
-
is the fully qualified domain name of the host machine. For example,
yourserver.example.com. - REALM.COM
-
is the domain name of the host machine. This part of the value must be specified in upper-case characters. For example,
EXAMPLE.COM.
Example
The following is an example of a valid service principal name:
impala/yourserver.example.com@EXAMPLE.COMNotes
- If unspecified, the value of the Network Address option is used as the service principal name.
- If Authentication Method is set to 0 or -1, the value of the Service Principal Name option is ignored.
Default
None