Hive的meta数据支持以下三种存储方式,其中两种属于本地存储,一种为远端存储。远端存储比较适合生产环境。Hive官方wiki详细介绍了这三种方式,链接为:Hive Metastore。
这种方式是最简单的存储方式,只需要在hive-site.xml做如下配置便可
[html] view plain copy print ? <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?> <configuration> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name> <value>jdbc:derby:;databaseName=metastore_db;create=true</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name> <value>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</value> </property> <property> <name>hive.metastore.local</name> <value>true</value> </property> <property> <name>hive.metastore.warehouse.dir</name> <value>/user/hive/warehouse</value> </property> <property> <name>hive.metastore.warehouse.dir</name> <value>/user/hive/warehouse</value> </property> </configuration> 注:使用derby存储方式时,运行hive会在当前目录生成 一个 derby 文件 和 一个 metastore_db 目录 。这种存储方式的 弊端 是在同一个目录下同时只能有一个hive客户端能使用数据库,否则会提示如下错误
[html] view plain copy print ? hive> show tables; FAILED: Error in metadata: javax.jdo.JDOFatalDataStoreException: Failed to start database 'metastore_db', see the next exception for details. NestedThrowables: java.sql.SQLException: Failed to start database 'metastore_db', see the next exception for details. FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask
[html] view plain copy print ? <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?> <configuration> <property> <name>hive.metastore.warehouse.dir</name> <value>/user/hive_remote/warehouse</value> </property> <property> <name>hive.metastore.local</name> <value>true</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name> <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost/hive_remote?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name> <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUserName</name> <value>hive</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword</name> <value>password</value> </property> </configuration>
这种存储方式需要在远端服务器运行一个MySQL服务器,并且需要在Hive服务器启动meta服务。
这里用mysql的测试服务器,ip位192.168.1.214,新建hive_remote数据库,字符集位latine1
[html] view plain copy print ? <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?> <configuration> <property> <name>hive.metastore.warehouse.dir</name> <value>/user/hive/warehouse</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name> <value>jdbc:mysql://192.168.1.214:3306/hive_remote?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name> <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUserName</name> <value>hive</value> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword</name> <value>password</value> </property> <property> <name>hive.metastore.local</name> <value>false</value> </property> <property> <name>hive.metastore.uris</name> <value>thrift://192.168.1.188:9083</value> </property> </configuration>
注:这里把hive的服务端和客户端都放在同一台服务器上了。服务端和客户端可以拆开,将hive-site.xml配置文件拆为如下两部分
启动hive服务端程序
[plain] view plain copy print ? $ hive --service metastore客户端直接使用hive命令即可
[plain] view plain copy print ? root@my188:~$ hive Hive history file=/tmp/root/hive_job_log_root_201301301416_955801255.txt hive> show tables; OK test_hive Time taken: 0.736 seconds hive>