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Status Submitted
Workspace Cloud Pak for Data
Components DataStage
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 10, 2026

CP4D - Apache HDFS Connector (Flow Connection) - Enhancement Request - keytab file - Parameterization

Hi Team,

Please refer to the case #TS020958108 for complete details.

if we design the flow connection from the scratch. We have to manually encode the keytab file which is present in the application path or a specific Linux path. This is a manually work. Everytime a keytab file changes, we need to manually update the encoded value at the connection level and compile &run. This scenarios doesn't fly in production.

So, as discussed the flow level connection should take the keytab file directly from the Linux path. In others terms during the execution it should read the file and establish the connection.

Example:

for say, when is provide /path/deepak.keytab to the KEYTAB file section in flow level connection...it should directly read the file decode and establish the connectivity. and even if we parameterize the Keytab File section...it should work

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