3 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkHadoopUtil.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkHadoopUtil.scala
index 9bdbfb33bf..498fcc520a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkHadoopUtil.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkHadoopUtil.scala
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ class SparkHadoopUtil {
 
   def getSecretKeyFromUserCredentials(key: String): Array[Byte] = { null }
 
+  def loginUserFromKeytab(principalName: String, keytabFilename: String) { 
+    UserGroupInformation.loginUserFromKeytab(principalName, keytabFilename)
+  }
+
 }
 
 object SparkHadoopUtil {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServer.scala
index b8f56234d3..d7a3246bcf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServer.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import scala.collection.mutable
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileStatus, Path}
 
 import org.apache.spark.{Logging, SecurityManager, SparkConf}
+import org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkHadoopUtil
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler._
 import org.apache.spark.ui.{WebUI, SparkUI}
 import org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils._
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ object HistoryServer {
   val STATIC_RESOURCE_DIR = SparkUI.STATIC_RESOURCE_DIR
 
   def main(argStrings: Array[String]) {
+    initSecurity()
     val args = new HistoryServerArguments(argStrings)
     val securityManager = new SecurityManager(conf)
     val server = new HistoryServer(args.logDir, securityManager, conf)
@@ -266,6 +268,20 @@ object HistoryServer {
     while(true) { Thread.sleep(Int.MaxValue) }
     server.stop()
   }
+
+  def initSecurity() {
+    // If we are accessing HDFS and it has security enabled (Kerberos), we have to login
+    // from a keytab file so that we can access HDFS beyond the kerberos ticket expiration.
+    // As long as it is using Hadoop rpc (hdfs://), a relogin will automatically
+    // occur from the keytab.
+    if (conf.getBoolean("spark.history.kerberos.enabled", false)) {
+      // if you have enabled kerberos the following 2 params must be set
+      val principalName = conf.get("spark.history.kerberos.principal")
+      val keytabFilename = conf.get("spark.history.kerberos.keytab")
+      SparkHadoopUtil.get.loginUserFromKeytab(principalName, keytabFilename)
+    }
+  }
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/docs/monitoring.md b/docs/monitoring.md
index 144be3daf1..347a9b1f1a 100644
--- a/docs/monitoring.md
+++ b/docs/monitoring.md
@@ -91,6 +91,30 @@ represents an application's event logs. This creates a web interface at
       The port to which the web interface of the history server binds.
     </td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>spark.history.kerberos.enabled</td>
+    <td>false</td>
+    <td>
+      Indicates whether the history server should use kerberos to login. This is useful
+      if the history server is accessing HDFS files on a secure Hadoop cluster. If this is 
+      true it looks uses the configs <code>spark.history.kerberos.principal</code> and
+      <code>spark.history.kerberos.keytab</code>. 
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>spark.history.kerberos.principal</td>
+    <td>(none)</td>
+    <td>
+      Kerberos principal name for the History Server.
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>spark.history.kerberos.keytab</td>
+    <td>(none)</td>
+    <td>
+      Location of the kerberos keytab file for the History Server.
+    </td>
+  </tr>
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