Create an HDFS connection before you import physical data objects.
Click
Window
Preferences
.
Select
Informatica
Connections
.
Expand the domain.
Select the connection type
File Systems
Hadoop File System
, and click
Add
.
Enter a connection name.
Optionally, enter a connection description.
Click
Next
.
Enter the user name to access HDFS.
Enter the NameNode URI to access HDFS based on the Hadoop distribution that you use.
Select the cluster configuration associated with the Hadoop environment.
Click
Test Connection
. If a default Metadata Access Service is not set, a message appears to configure the Metadata Access Service. Click
OK
and set one Metadata Access Service as default. After you set a default Metadata Access Service, the connection to HDFS is tested. If the Metadata Access Service does not exist, contact the Informatica administrator to create a new Metadata Access Service in the domain.