[HDFS-5532] Enable the webhdfs by default to support new HDFS web UI

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: webhdfs
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Vinayakumar B
• Reporter: Vinayakumar B
• Created: 20/Nov/13 02:59
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:14
• Resolved: 21/Nov/13 07:21

Description

Recently in HDFS-5444, new HDFS web UI is made as default.
but this needs webhdfs to be enabled.

WebHDFS is disabled by default. Lets enable it by default to support new really cool web UI.

Issue Links

• relates to: HDFS-5854 WebHDFS file browsing not working on secure cluster -or displaying meaningful errors