hdfs: distcp with to cloud storage

Using DistCp with Amazon S3

S3 credentials can be provided in a configuration file (for example, core-site.xml):

<property>
    <name>fs.s3a.access.key</name>
    <value>...</value>
</property>
<property>
    <name>fs.s3a.secret.key</name>
    <value>...</value>
</property>

hadoop distcp -Dfs.s3a.access.key=myAccessKey -Dfs.s3a.secret.key=mySecretKey hdfs://MyNameservice-id/user/hdfs/mydata s3a://myBucket/mydata_backup

 

Using DistCp with Microsoft Azure (WASB)

Configure connectivity to Azure by setting the following property in core-site.xml.

<property>
  <name>fs.azure.account.key.youraccount.blob.core.windows.net</name>
  <value>your_access_key</value>
</property>

hadoop distcp wasb://<sample_container>@<sample_account>.blob.core.windows.net/ hdfs://hdfs_destination_path

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