Configuring DSE Client for Kerberos Authentication

Prerequisites

Install MIT Kerberos tools required by the configuration procedures:

Setting the JAAS configuration file location: Set the location to the configuration file using the .dserc file or environment variables.
Providing Kerberos credentials using a keytab file: Configure a Kerberos keytab file for DSE clients.
Providing Kerberos credentials using a ticket cache: Configure a Kerberos Ticket Cache for DSE clients.
Running Spark jobs with Kerberos: Spark jobs may be run against a Kerberos-enabled DataStax Enterprise database.
Loading data into a remote Kerberos enabled cluster: Configure sstableloader with Kerberos to load data from an sstable into a remote DataStax Enterprise cluster with Kerberos enabled.
Using DSE Graph and Gremlin console with Kerberos: Configure Kerberos authentication in the DataStax Graph remote.yaml file.
Using dsetool with Kerberos enabled cluster: Steps to enable dsetool to use Kerberos authentication.
Providing Kerberos credentials when starting CQL shell: Run cqlsh against a Kerberos-enabled cluster.