Load Data from Object Storage and HDFS

You can use the datalake_fdw extension to load data from an object storage (such as Amazon S3), HDFS, and ORC tables in Hive into SynxDB for data query and access.

Currently, supported data formats are CSV, TEXT, ORC, and PARQUET.

Note

datalake_fdw does not support loading data in parallel.

For information on how to load tables from Hive into SynxDB, see Load Data from Hive Data Warehouse.

Install the extension

To install the datalake_fdw extension to the database, execute the SQL statement CREATE EXTENSION data_fdw;.

CREATE EXTENSION datalake_fdw;

Instructions

This section explains how to use datalake_fdw to load data from object storage and HDFS into SynxDB.

To load data using datalake_fdw, you need to create a foreign data wrapper (FDW) first. This includes creating an FDW server and user mapping.

Load data from object storage

You can load data from Amazon S3 or other object storages into SynxDB. Follow these steps:

  1. Create a foreign table wrapper FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER. Note that there are no options in the SQL statement below, and you need to execute it exactly as provided.

    CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER datalake_fdw
HANDLER datalake_fdw_handler
VALIDATOR datalake_fdw_validator
OPTIONS ( mpp_execute 'all segments' );

  2. Create an external server foreign_server.

    CREATE SERVER foreign_server
FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER datalake_fdw
OPTIONS (host 'xxx', protocol 's3b', isvirtual 'false', ishttps 'false');

    The options in the above SQL statement are explained as follows:

    Option name

    Description

    Details

    host

    Sets the host information for accessing the object storage.

    Required: Must be set

    Example:

    • Host for private cloud: 192.168.1.1:9000

    protocol

    Specifies the cloud platform for the object storage.

    Required: Must be set

    Options:

    • s3b: Amazon Cloud (uses v2 signature)

    • s3: Amazon Cloud (uses v4 signature)

    isvirtual

    Use virtual-host-style or path-host-style to parse the host of the object storage.

    Required: Optional

    Options:

    • true: Uses virtual-host-style.

    • false: Uses path-host-style.

    Default value: false

    ishttps

    Whether to use HTTPS to access the object storage.

    Required: Optional

    Options:

    • true: Uses HTTPS.

    • false: Does not use HTTPS.

    Default value: false

  3. Create a user mapping.

    CREATE USER MAPPING FOR gpadmin SERVER foreign_server
OPTIONS (user 'gpadmin', accesskey 'xxx', secretkey 'xxx');

    The options in the above SQL statement are explained as follows:

    Option name

    Description

    Required

    user

    Creates the specific user specified by foreign_server.

    Yes

    accesskey

    The key needed to access the object storage.

    Yes

    secretkey

    The secret key needed to access the object storage.

    Yes

  4. Create a foreign table example. After creating it, the data on the object storage is loaded into SynxDB, and you can query this table.

    CREATE FOREIGN TABLE example(
a text,
b text
)
SERVER foreign_server
OPTIONS (filePath '/test/parquet/', compression 'none', enableCache 'false', format 'parquet');

    The options in the SQL statement above are explained as follows:

    Option name

    Description

    Details

    filePath

    Sets the specific path for the target foreign table.

    • Required: Must be set

    • Path format should be /bucket/prefix.

    • Example:

      • If the bucket name is test-bucket and the path is bucket/test/orc_file_folder/, and there are files like 0000_0, 0001_1, 0002_2, then to access file 0000_0, set filePath to filePath '/test-bucket/test/orc_file_folder/0000_0'.

      • To access all files in test/orc_file_folder/, set filePath to filePath '/test-bucket/test/orc_file_folder/'.

    • Note: filePath is parsed in the format /bucket/prefix/. Incorrect formats might lead to errors, such as:

      • filePath 'test-bucket/test/orc_file_folder/'

      • filePath '/test-bucket/test/orc_file_folder/0000_0'

    compression

    Sets the write compression format. Currently supports gzip, zstd, lz4.

    • Required: Optional

    • Options:

      • none: Supports CSV, ORC, TEXT, PARQUET.

      • gzip: Supports CSV, TEXT, PARQUET.

      • zstd: Supports PARQUET.

      • lz4: Supports PARQUET.

    • Default value: none, which means no compression. Not setting this value means no compression.

    enableCache

    Specifies whether to use Gopher caching.

    • Required: Optional

    • Options:

      • true: Enables Gopher caching.

      • false: Disables Gopher caching.

    • Default value: false

    • Deleting the foreign table does not automatically clear its cache. To clear the cache, you need to manually run a specific SQL function, such as: select gp_toolkit._gopher_cache_free_relation_name(text);

    format

    The file format supported by FDW.

    • Required: Must be set

    • Options:

      • csv: Read, Write

      • text: Read, Write

      • orc: Read, Write

      • parquet: Read, Write

Load data from HDFS

You can load data from HDFS into SynxDB. The following sections explain how to load data from an HDFS cluster without authentication and how to load data from an HDFS cluster with Kerberos authentication. SynxDB also supports loading data from an HDFS HA (High Availability) cluster, which is also explained below.

Load HDFS data without authentication

Load data from HDFS in the simple mode, which is the basic HDFS mode without using complex security authentication. For details, see the Hadoop documentation: Hadoop in Secure Mode. The steps are as follows:

  1. Create an external table wrapper FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER. Note that there are no options in the SQL statement below, and you need to execute the statement exactly as provided.

    CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER datalake_fdw
HANDLER datalake_fdw_handler
VALIDATOR datalake_fdw_validator
OPTIONS ( mpp_execute 'all segments' );

  2. Create an external server. In this step, you can create an external server for a single-node HDFS or for HA (High Availability) HDFS.

    • Create an external server foreign_server for a single-node HDFS:

      CREATE SERVER foreign_server FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER datalake_fdw
OPTIONS (
    protocol 'hdfs',
    hdfs_namenodes '[192.168.178.95](http://192.168.178.95)',
    hdfs_port '9000',
    hdfs_auth_method 'simple',
    hadoop_rpc_protection 'authentication');

      The options in the above SQL statement are explained as follows:

      Option name

      Description

      Details

      protocol

      Specifies the Hadoop platform.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: Fixed as hdfs, which means Hadoop platform, cannot be changed.

      • Default value: hdfs

      hdfs_namenodes

      Specifies the namenode host for accessing HDFS.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Example: For example, hdfs_namenodes '192.168.178.95:9000'

      hdfs_auth_method

      Specifies the authentication mode for accessing HDFS.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Options:

        • simple: Uses Simple authentication to access HDFS.

        • kerberos: Uses Kerberos authentication to access HDFS.

      • Note: To access in Simple mode, set the value to simple, for example, hdfs_auth_method 'simple'.

      hadoop_rpc_protection

      Configures the authentication mechanism for setting up a SASL connection.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Options: Three values are available: authentication, integrity, and privacy.

      • Note: This option must match the hadoop.rpc.protection setting in the HDFS configuration file core-site.xml. For more details, see the Hadoop documentation Explanation of core-site.xml.

    • Create an external server for a multi-node HA cluster. The HA cluster supports node failover. For more information about HDFS high availability, see the Hadoop documentation HDFS High Availability Using the Quorum Journal Manager.

      To load an HDFS HA cluster, you can create an external server using the following template:

      CREATE SERVER foreign_server
        FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER datalake_fdw
        OPTIONS (
        protocol 'hdfs',
        hdfs_namenodes 'mycluster',
        hdfs_auth_method 'simple',
        hadoop_rpc_protection 'authentication',
        is_ha_supported 'true',
        dfs_nameservices 'mycluster',
        dfs_ha_namenodes 'nn1,nn2,nn3',
        dfs_namenode_rpc_address '192.168.178.95:9000,192.168.178.160:9000,192.168.178.186:9000',
        dfs_client_failover_proxy_provider 'org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha.ConfiguredFailoverProxyProvider');

      In the above SQL statement, protocol, hdfs_namenodes, hdfs_auth_method, and hadoop_rpc_protection are the same as in the single-node example. The HA-specific options are explained as follows:

      Option name

      Description

      Details

      is_ha_supported

      Specifies whether to access the HDFS HA service (high availability).

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: Set to true.

      • Default value: /

      dfs_nameservices

      When is_ha_supported is true, specify the name of the HDFS HA service to access.

      • Required: If using an HDFS HA cluster, must be set.

      • Matches the dfs.ha.namenodes.mycluster item in the HDFS config file hdfs-site.xml.

      • Note: For example, if dfs.ha.namenodes.mycluster is cluster, set this option as dfs_nameservices 'mycluster'.

      dfs_ha_namenodes

      When is_ha_supported is true, specify the accessible nodes for HDFS HA.

      • Required: If using an HDFS HA cluster, must be set.

      • Setting: Matches the value of the dfs.ha.namenodes.mycluster item in the HDFS config file hdfs-site.xml.

      • Note: For example, dfs_ha_namenodes 'nn1,nn2,nn3'.

      dfs_namenode_rpc_address

      When is_ha_supported is true, specifies the IP addresses of the high availability nodes in HDFS HA.

      • Required: If using an HDFS HA cluster, must be set.

      • Setting: Refer to the dfs.ha_namenodes configuration in the HDFS hdfs-site.xml file. The node address matches the namenode address in the configuration.

      • Note: For example, if dfs.ha.namenodes.mycluster has three namenodes named nn1, nn2, nn3, find their addresses from the HDFS configuration file and enter them into this field.

        dfs_namenode_rpc_address '192.168.178.95:9000,192.168.178.160:9000,192.168.178.186:9000'

      dfs_client_failover_proxy

      Specifies whether HDFS HA has failover enabled.

      • Required: If using an HDFS HA cluster, must be set.

      • Setting: Set to the default value: dfs_client_failover_proxy_provider 'org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha.ConfiguredFailoverProxyProvider'.

      • Default value: /

    Note

    When Kerberos authentication is enabled, you need to renew the Kerberos ticket periodically. If the ticket is not renewed, database performance will gradually degrade until the database eventually crashes and becomes unavailable. Add a renewal command to an operating-system scheduler (such as crontab) or to your orchestration platform, for example:

    kinit -kt /yourpath/greenplum.keytab bdms_greerplum/dev@BDMS.COM

    In the command above, /yourpath/greenplum.keytab is the path to your keytab file. The principal bdms_greerplum/dev@BDMS.COM is an example, where bdms_greerplum is the user, dev is the instance, and BDMS.COM is the REALM. Replace these with your actual values.

    It is recommended to add a renewal script to monitoring to ensure that the ticket remains valid. For more examples of ticket-renewal configuration, see the Greenplum documentation: <https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/data-solutions/tanzu-greenplum-platform-extension-framework/6-7/gp-pxf/pxf_kerbhdfs.html>.

  3. Create a user mapping.

    CREATE USER MAPPING FOR gpadmin SERVER foreign_server
OPTIONS (user 'gpadmin');

    In the above statement, the user option specifies the specific user for foreign_server and must be set.

  4. Create the foreign table example. After creating it, the data from object storage is already loaded into SynxDB, and you can query this table.

    CREATE FOREIGN TABLE example(
a text,
b text
)
SERVER foreign_server
OPTIONS (filePath '/test/parquet/', compression 'none', enableCache 'false', format 'parquet');

    The options in the above SQL statement are explained as follows:

    Option name

    Description

    Details

    filePath

    Sets the specific path of the target foreign table.

    • Required: Must be set

    • Setting: The path format should be ``/hdfs_prefix`.

      Example: If the hdfs_prefix to be accessed is named test-example, the access path is /test-example/. If there are multiple files in the path (for example, 0000_0, 0001_1, 0002_2), you can set the filePath of 0000_0 file as filePath '/test-example/0000_0'. To access all the files in /test-example/, you can set the filePath as filePath '/test_example/'.

    • Note: filePath should follow the /hdfs_prefix/ format. Incorrect formats might lead to errors, such as:

      • filePath 'test/test/orc_file_folder/'

      • filePath '/test/test/orc_file_folder/0000_0'

    compression

    Sets the compression format for writing. Currently supports gzip, zstd, lz4 formats.

    • Required: Optional

    • Setting:

      • none: Supports CSV, ORC, TEXT, PARQUET formats.

      • gzip: Supports CSV, TEXT, PARQUET formats.

      • zstd: Supports PARQUET format.

      • lz4: Supports PARQUET format.

    • Default value: none, which means no compression. Not setting this value also means no compression.

    enableCache

    Specifies whether to use the Gopher cache.

    • Required: Optional

    • Setting:

      • true: Enables Gopher cache.

      • false: Disables Gopher cache.

    • Default: false

    • Note: Deleting a foreign table does not automatically clear the cache. To clear the cache for this table, you need to manually run a specific SQL function, for example:

      select gp_toolkit._gopher_cache_free_relation_name(text);

    format

    The file format currently supported by FDW.

    • Required: Must be set

    • Setting:

      • csv: Readable, writable

      • text: Readable, writable

      • orc: Readable, writable

      • parquet: Readable, writable

Load HDFS data with Kerberos authentication

If the target HDFS cluster uses Kerberos for authentication, you can follow these steps to load data from HDFS to SynxDB.

  1. Create a foreign data wrapper FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER. Note that there are no options in the following SQL statement, and you need to execute it exactly as provided.

    CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER datalake_fdw
HANDLER datalake_fdw_handler
VALIDATOR datalake_fdw_validator
OPTIONS ( mpp_execute 'all segments' );

  2. Create an external server. In this step, you can create an external server for a single-node HDFS or for an HA (High Availability) HDFS.

    • Create an external server foreign_server for a single-node HDFS:

      DROP SERVER foreign_server;

CREATE SERVER foreign_server
        FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER datalake_fdw
        OPTIONS (hdfs_namenodes '192.168.3.32',
        hdfs_port '9000',
        protocol 'hdfs',
        hdfs_auth_method 'kerberos',
        krb_principal 'gpadmin/hdw-68212a9a-master0@GPADMINCLUSTER2.COM',
        krb_principal_keytab '/home/gpadmin/hadoop.keytab',
        hadoop_rpc_protection 'privacy'
        );

      The options in the above SQL statement are explained as follows:

      Option name

      Description

      Details

      hdfs_namenodes

      Specifies the namenode host for accessing HDFS.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: /

      • Example: For example, hdfs_namenodes '192.168.178.95:9000'

      protocol

      Specifies the Hadoop platform.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: Fixed to hdfs, meaning the Hadoop platform. Cannot be changed.

      • Default: hdfs

      hdfs_auth_method

      Specifies the authentication method for accessing HDFS, which is Kerberos.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: kerberos, to access HDFS using Kerberos authentication.

      krb_principal

      Specifies the primary user set in the HDFS keytab.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: Must match the user information in the keytab. You need to check the relevant user information and set this value accordingly.

      krb_principal_keytab

      Specifies the path to the HDFS keytab.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: The value must match the actual path of the keytab in HDFS.

      hadoop_rpc_protection

      Configures the authentication mechanism for establishing a SASL connection.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: Three options are available: authentication, integrity, and privacy.

      • Note: This option must match the hadoop.rpc.protection setting in the HDFS configuration file core-site.xml. For more details, see the Hadoop core-site.xml documentation.

    • Create an external server for a multi-node HA cluster. The HA cluster supports failover. For more information about HDFS high availability, see the Hadoop documentation HDFS High Availability Using the Quorum Journal Manager.

      To load an HDFS HA cluster, you can use the following template to create an external server:

      CREATE SERVER foreign_server
        FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER datalake_fdw
        OPTIONS (hdfs_namenodes 'mycluster',
        protocol 'hdfs',
        hdfs_auth_method 'kerberos',
        krb_principal 'gpadmin/hdw-68212a9a-master0@GPADMINCLUSTER2.COM',
        krb_principal_keytab '/home/gpadmin/hadoop.keytab',
        hadoop_rpc_protection 'privacy',
        is_ha_supported 'true',
        dfs_nameservices 'mycluster',
        dfs_ha_namenodes 'nn1,nn2,nn3',
        dfs_namenode_rpc_address '192.168.178.95:9000,192.168.178.160:9000,192.168.178.186:9000',
        dfs_client_failover_proxy_provider 'org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha.ConfiguredFailoverProxyProvider'
        );

      In the above SQL statement, the explanations for hdfs_namenodes, protocol, hdfs_auth_method, krb_principal, krb_principal_keytab, and hadoop_rpc_protection are the same as for the single-node example. The HA-specific options are explained as follows:

      Option name

      Description

      Details

      is_ha_supported

      Specifies whether to access the HDFS HA service, which means high availability.

      • Required: Must be set

      • Setting: Set to true.

      dfs_nameservices

      When is_ha_supported is true, specifies the name of the HDFS HA service to access.

      • Required: Must be set if using an HDFS HA cluster.

      • Setting: Should match the dfs.ha.namenodes.mycluster item in the HDFS configuration file hdfs-site.xml.

      • Note: For example, if dfs.ha.namenodes.mycluster is cluster, set this parameter to dfs_nameservices 'mycluster'.

      dfs_ha_namenodes

      When is_ha_supported is true, specifies the accessible nodes for HDFS HA.

      • Required: Must be set if using an HDFS HA cluster.

      • Setting: Should match the value of the dfs.ha.namenodes.mycluster item in the HDFS configuration file hdfs-site.xml.

      • Note: For example, dfs_ha_namenodes 'nn1,nn2,nn3'

      dfs_namenode_rpc_address

      When is_ha_supported is true, specifies the IP addresses of the high availability nodes in HDFS HA.

      • Required: Must be set if using an HDFS HA cluster.

      • Setting: Refer to the dfs.ha_namenodes configuration in the HDFS hdfs-site.xml file. The node address should match the namenode address in the configuration.

      • Example: If dfs.ha.namenodes.mycluster has three namenodes nn1, nn2, nn3, you can find the addresses like dfs.namenode.rpc-address.mycluster.nn1 in the HDFS config and fill them in.

        dfs_namenode_rpc_address '192.168.178.95:9000,192.168.178.160:9000,192.168.178.186:9000'

      dfs_client_failover_proxy_provider

      Specifies whether HDFS HA has failover enabled.

      • Required: Must be set if using an HDFS HA cluster.

      • Setting: Set to the default value dfs_client_failover_proxy_provider 'org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha.ConfiguredFailoverProxyProvider'.

  3. Create a user mapping.

    CREATE USER MAPPING FOR gpadmin SERVER foreign_server
OPTIONS (user 'gpadmin');

    In the above statement, the user option specifies the specific user for foreign_server and must be set.

  4. Create the foreign table example. After creating it, the data from object storage is already loaded into SynxDB, and you can query this table.

    CREATE FOREIGN TABLE example(
a text,
b text
)
SERVER foreign_server
OPTIONS (filePath '/test/parquet/', compression 'none', enableCache 'false', format 'parquet');

    The options in the above SQL statement are explained as follows:

    Option name

    Description

    Details

    filePath

    Sets the specific path of the target foreign table.

    • Required: Must be set

    • Setting: The path format should be ``/hdfs_prefix`.

      Example: If the hdfs_prefix to be accessed is named test-example, the access path is /test-example/. If there are multiple files in the path (for example, 0000_0, 0001_1, 0002_2), you can set the filePath of 0000_0 file as filePath '/test-example/0000_0'. To access all the files in /test-example/, you can set the filePath as filePath '/test_example/'.

    • Note: filePath should follow the /hdfs_prefix/ format. Incorrect formats might lead to errors, such as:

      • filePath 'test/test/orc_file_folder/'

      • filePath '/test/test/orc_file_folder/0000_0'

    compression

    Sets the compression format for writing, supports gzip, zstd, lz4 formats.

    • Required: Optional

    • Setting:

      • none: Supports CSV, ORC, TEXT, PARQUET formats.

      • gzip: Supports CSV, TEXT, PARQUET formats.

      • zstd: Supports PARQUET format.

      • lz4: Supports PARQUET format.

    • Default: none, which means no compression. Not setting this value also means no compression.

    enableCache

    Specifies whether to use the Gopher cache.

    • Required: Optional

    • Setting:

      • true: Enables Gopher cache.

      • false: Disables Gopher cache.

    • Default: false

    • Note: Deleting a foreign table does not automatically clear the cache. To clear the cache, you need to manually run an SQL function, for example:

      select gp_toolkit.__gopher_cache_free_relation_name(text);

    format

    The file format currently supported by FDW.

    • Required: Must be set

    • Setting:

      • csv: Readable, writable

      • text: Readable, writable

      • orc: Readable, writable

      • parquet: Readable, writable