Description:

Retrieves a listing of files from HDFS. For each file that is listed in HDFS, creates a FlowFile that represents the HDFS file so that it can be fetched in conjunction with ListHDFS. This Processor is designed to run on Primary Node only in a cluster. If the primary node changes, the new Primary Node will pick up where the previous node left off without duplicating all of the data. Unlike GetHDFS, this Processor does not delete any data from HDFS.

Tags:

hadoop, HDFS, get, list, ingest, source, filesystem

Properties:

In the list below, the names of required properties appear in bold. Any other properties (not in bold) are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values.

NameDefault ValueAllowable ValuesDescription
Hadoop Configuration ResourcesA file or comma separated list of files which contains the Hadoop file system configuration. Without this, Hadoop will search the classpath for a 'core-site.xml' and 'hdfs-site.xml' file or will revert to a default configuration.
Distributed Cache ServiceController Service API:
DistributedMapCacheClient
Implementation:
DistributedMapCacheClientService
Specifies the Controller Service that should be used to maintain state about what has been pulled from HDFS so that if a new node begins pulling data, it won't duplicate all of the work that has been done.
DirectoryThe HDFS directory from which files should be read
Recurse Subdirectoriestrue
  • true
  • false
Indicates whether to list files from subdirectories of the HDFS directory
Kerberos PrincipalKerberos principal to authenticate as. Requires nifi.kerberos.krb5.file to be set in your nifi.properties
Kerberos KeytabKerberos keytab associated with the principal. Requires nifi.kerberos.krb5.file to be set in your nifi.properties
Kerberos Relogin Period4 hoursPeriod of time which should pass before attempting a kerberos relogin

Relationships:

NameDescription
successAll FlowFiles are transferred to this relationship

Reads Attributes:

None specified.

Writes Attributes:

NameDescription
filenameThe name of the file that was read from HDFS.
pathThe path is set to the absolute path of the file's directory on HDFS. For example, if the Directory property is set to /tmp, then files picked up from /tmp will have the path attribute set to "./". If the Recurse Subdirectories property is set to true and a file is picked up from /tmp/abc/1/2/3, then the path attribute will be set to "/tmp/abc/1/2/3".
hdfs.ownerThe user that owns the file in HDFS
hdfs.groupThe group that owns the file in HDFS
hdfs.lastModifiedThe timestamp of when the file in HDFS was last modified, as milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970 UTC
hdfs.lengthThe number of bytes in the file in HDFS
hdfs.replicationThe number of HDFS replicas for hte file
hdfs.permissionsThe permissions for the file in HDFS. This is formatted as 3 characters for the owner, 3 for the group, and 3 for other users. For example rw-rw-r--

See Also:

GetHDFS, FetchHDFS, PutHDFS