Apache Spark on Microsoft Azure HDInsight
Connection Type | REST/HTML Server |
Distributions Validated On | Microsoft Azure HDInsight |
Server Details | Microsoft Azure information can be found here. |
Type of Support | In-Database |
Validated On | Spark 2.1, ADLS Gen1 Storage |
Alteryx Tools Used to Connect
Additional Details
Use the Microsoft Azure HDInsight Connection window to create a new connection to Microsoft Azure HDInsight via the Microsoft Azure HDInsight option. Use the instructions below to configure the connection.
Configure the Microsoft Azure HDInsight Connection Window
To connect to Microsoft Azure HDInsight and create an Alteryx connection string...
Add a new In-DB connection. Set Data Source to Apache Spark on Microsoft Azure HDInsight. For more information on setting up an In-DB connection, go to Connect In-DB tool.
On the Read tab, the Driver is set to Apache Spark on Microsoft Azure HDInsight. Select the Connection String dropdown arrow and select New database connection.
Configure the Microsoft Azure HDInsight Connection window.
Microsoft Azure HDInsight Configuration
Configure the Azure URL.
Enter or paste the Azure URL for your Microsoft Azure HDInsight connection. Example: https://<clustername>.azurehdinsight.net/
Enter the User Name and Password associated with the connection.
Contact your administrator to find out the username and password for the cluster administrator user that you configured during the setup of your Microsoft Azure HDInsight cluster.
Select the Apache Spark Version used on your cluster.
Select Test to test the connection.
Set the Connection Mode to the coding language to use in the Apache Spark Code tool.
Connect to your Microsoft Azure storage account.
Azure Storage
Enter the Storage URL for the storage (ADLS Gen1 Storage) to use with your connection. The HTTPS protocol is required for this URL.
Enter the Tenant ID GUID. This is found in the properties under your Microsoft Azure Active Directory > Properties > Directory ID.
Enter the Client ID. In Microsoft Azure, this information is also known as an Application ID. This is found in the properties under your Microsoft Azure Active Directory > App registrations. You can find more information on the Microsoft Documentation > Get application ID and authentication key page.
Enter the Client Secret. In Microsoft Azure, this information is generated as an authentication key string from the Application ID. You can find more information on the Microsoft Azure Integrating applications with Azure Active Directory page.
Advanced Options
Set the Poll Interval (ms), the time between checks from Alteryx for Apache Spark code execution requests. The default is 1,000 ms, or 1 second.
Set the Wait Time (ms), the time that Alteryx waits for execution requests to complete. Operations that take longer than the set wait time result in a time out error. The default is 60,000 ms, or 1 minute.
The Apache Spark Configuration Options customize the created Apache Spark context and allow advanced users to override the default Apache Spark settings.
Note
By default, the Configuration Option is spark.jars.packages and the Value is com.databricks:spark-csv_2.10:1.5.0,com.databricks:spark-avro_2.10:2.0.1. Depending on your Apache Spark version, you might need to override the default value.
Apache Spark Version | Value |
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2.0 - 2.1 |
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2.2 |
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Select the + icon to add another row to the configuration options table.
Select the save icon to save the current advanced settings as a JSON file. The file can then be loaded into the advanced settings of another connection.
Select the open icon to load a JSON file into the configuration options table.
Select OK to create your Apache Spark on Microsoft Azure HDInsight connection.