Accessing the Apache Spark™ SQL Thrift Server with the Simba JDBC driver
The Simba JDBC Driver for Spark provides a standard JDBC interface to the information stored in DataStax Enterprise with the Spark SQL Thrift Server running.
Your DSE 5.1 license includes a license to use the Simba drivers.
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Make sure you have a running DSE Analytics cluster with Spark enabled where one node in the cluster is running the Spark SQL Thrift Server. 
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Contact DataStax Support to download the Simba JDBC Driver for Apache Spark. 
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Expand the ZIP file containing the driver. 
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In your JDBC application, configure the following: - 
Add SparkJDBC41.jarand the rest of the JAR files included in the ZIP file in your classpath.
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The JDBC driver class is com.simba.spark.jdbc41.Driverand the JDBC data source iscom.simba.spark.jdbc41.DataSource.
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Set the connection URL to jdbc:spark://<hostname>:<port>, such asjdbc:spark://node1.example.com:10000.<hostname>is the hostname of the node on which the Spark SQL Thrift Server is running.<port>is the port number on which the Spark SQL Thrift Server is listening.
 
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For more information about using this driver, contact DataStax Support.
