Using MySQL for Hive metastore
The preceding configuration is the embedded mode configuration, which is not production ready and should not be used.
Now, we will enable the metastore to connect to an external MySQL database and scale to multiple connections. This will be the local metastore mode.
The assumption here is that the readers know the basics of MySQL user management and can assign grants.
How to do it…
- Clean up the old databases by either dropping from Hive or simply cleaning the warehouse location. Note: this should never be done in production. This is shown in the following screenshot:
- Now, firstly, we need to install the MySQL server on ...
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