[HDFS-3951] datanode web ui does not work over HTTPS when datanode is started in secure mode

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.3-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3-alpha
• Component/s: datanode, security
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Alejandro Abdelnur
• Reporter: Alejandro Abdelnur
• Created: 18/Sep/12 21:13
• Updated: 01/Aug/13 17:32
• Resolved: 19/Sep/12 18:05

Description

When a datanode is configured to work in secure mode, the HttpServer connector listener is created by the SecureDataNodeStarter class in a privileged port and given to the HttpServer constructor to use.

When enabling SSL for the web ui the connector listener is created by the HttpServer if no connector is given in the constructor.

This means that in secure mode the DataNode HttpServer starts always in HTTP