hdfsConnectNewInstance()

Supported by libMapRClient for hadoop-2.x

Connects to a file system cluster.

The function returns a handle to a new connection instance.

NOTE
If default is used for the host parameter, this means connect to the first cluster listed in the MAPR_HOME/conf/mapr-clusters.conf file on the client.

For more information about connections, see Establishing Connections to file system.

Signature

hdfsFS hdfsConnectNewInstance(const char* host, tPort port)

Parameters

Parameter Description
host A string containing either a hostname or an IP address of a CLDB node of a file system cluster.

To connect to the first file system cluster that is specified in MAPR_HOME/conf/mapr-clusters.conf on the client, pass the value default and use the port number 0.

This parameter does not accept NULL as a value.
port The port on which the host is listening.
user The user connected to the cluster.

Return Value

Returns a handle to the connected file system, or NULL on error.