[HBASE-11344] Hide row keys and such from the web UIs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Release Note: Configure "hbase.display.keys" to false (default: true) in the master/regionservers if the row-keys should be hidden in the webUIs (like in the webUI for table details).
• Assignee: Devaraj Das
• Reporter: Devaraj Das
• Created: 13/Jun/14 16:55
• Updated: 24/Jul/17 15:53
• Resolved: 02/Jul/14 20:11

Description

The table details on the master UI lists the start row keys of the regions. The row keys might have sensitive data. We should hide them based on whether or not the user accessing has the required authorization to view the table.. To start with, we could make the display of row keys and such based on a configuration being true or false. If it is false, such potentially sensitive data is never displayed on the web UI.