[HIVE-38] streamline metastore options in hive-default.xml

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: Configuration
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Prasad Chakka
• Created: 03/Nov/08 22:39
• Updated: 05/Aug/14 22:10
• Resolved: 05/Aug/14 22:10

Description

there are quite a few metastore configurations for hive.

1) specify the type of metastore to use (sql or file – usefilestore option)
2) embedded derby datbase (by setting JDBCDriverName option)
3) local mode (where each instance of hive connects to the sql store directly – local option)
4) remote mode (where each instance of hive connects to a metastore server instead of sql store (using uri option)

names and setting all these options are very confusing and not simple. This JIRA is to streamline this to make these options more simple.