[HADOOP-10904] Provide Alt to Clear Text Passwords through Cred Provider API

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: security
• Assignee: Larry McCay
• Reporter: Larry McCay
• Created: 30/Jul/14 18:41
• Updated: 21/Oct/14 00:06
• Resolved: 21/Oct/14 00:04

Description

This is an umbrella jira to track various child tasks to uptake the credential provider API to enable deployments without storing passwords/credentials in clear text.

Issue Links

• is related to: HIVE-7634 Use Configuration.getPassword() if available to eliminate passwords from hive-site.xml
• is related to: HADOOP-10607 Create an API to Separate Credentials/Password Storage from Applications
• is related to: HBASE-11810 Access SSL Passwords through Credential Provider API
• relates to: HDFS-6790 DFSUtil Should Use configuration.getPassword for SSL passwords
• relates to: YARN-2373 WebAppUtils Should Use configuration.getPassword for Accessing SSL Passwords