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Object Storage Service:Query OSS data using Apache Impala (CDH 6)

Last Updated:May 10, 2026

Cloudera Distribution of Hadoop (CDH) is an enterprise-grade big data platform that supports Hadoop 3.0.0. This guide shows you how to configure components in a CDH 6 environment, including Hadoop, Hive, Spark, and Impala, to query data stored in Alibaba Cloud OSS.

Prerequisites

You have an active CDH 6 cluster. For instructions, see the Installation Guide. The examples in this guide use CDH 6.0.1.

Step 1: Add OSS configurations

  1. Use Cloudera Manager (CM) to add the required configurations.

    If you do not have a cluster managed by CM, you can modify core-site.xml. For a CM-managed cluster, you need to add the following configuration:

    Parameter

    Description

    fs.oss.endpoint

    The public or internal endpoint of the region where your OSS bucket is located. For example: oss-cn-zhangjiakou-internal.aliyuncs.com.

    fs.oss.accessKeyId

    The AccessKeyId of the AccessKey that has permissions to access OSS.

    fs.oss.accessKeySecret

    The AccessKeySecret of the AccessKey that has permissions to access OSS.

    fs.oss.impl

    The implementation class for the Hadoop OSS file system. The value must be org.apache.hadoop.fs.aliyun.oss.AliyunOSSFileSystem.

    fs.oss.buffer.dir

    The directory for temporary files. Recommended value: /tmp/oss.

    fs.oss.connection.secure.enabled

    Specifies whether to use HTTPS. Set to false for better performance.

    fs.oss.connection.maximum

    The maximum number of concurrent connections to OSS. Recommended value: 2048.

    For a full list of parameters, see the Hadoop-Aliyun module documentation.

  2. Restart the cluster as prompted by CM.

  3. Test reading from and writing to OSS.

    • Test reading from OSS:

      hadoop fs -ls oss://${your-bucket-name}/
    • Test writing to OSS:

      hadoop fs -mkdir oss://${your-bucket-name}/hadoop-test

      If the commands succeed, your configuration is correct. Otherwise, review the configuration parameters.

      Note

      In this document, all items formatted as ${} are environment variables. Please modify their values based on your actual environment.

Step 2: Configure Apache Impala

To enable Impala in CDH 6 to access OSS, you must manually add the OSS JAR packages to the CLASSPATH environment variable on all Impala nodes. Follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the ${CDH_HOME}/lib/impala directory, and create a symbolic link:

    [root@cdh-master impala]# cd lib/
    [root@cdh-master lib]# ln -s ../../../jars/hadoop-aliyun-3.0.0-cdh6.0.1.jar hadoop-aliyun.jar
    [root@cdh-master lib]# ln -s ../../../jars/aliyun-sdk-oss-2.8.3.jar aliyun-sdk-oss-2.8.3.jar
    [root@cdh-master lib]# ln -s ../../../jars/jdom-1.1.jar jdom-1.1.jar
  2. Go to the ${CDH_HOME}/bin directory, and for each of the impalad, statestored, and catalogd files, add the following content before the exec command on the last line:

    export CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:${IMPALA_HOME}/lib/hadoop-aliyun.jar:${IMPALA_HOME}/lib/aliyun-sdk-oss-2.8.3.jar:${IMPALA_HOME}/lib/jdom-1.1.jar
  3. Restart all Impala-related processes on all nodes.

Step 3: Verify the configuration

Verify the configuration by querying OSS data with Apache Impala and running TPC-DS queries. For more information, see Apache Impala and TPC-DS query.

Note

TPC-DS provides a suite of complex queries based on HiveQL. While Impala SQL is highly compatible with HiveQL, allowing most TPC-DS queries to run directly, minor differences exist. As a result, some queries may fail due to compatibility issues.

The following example uses a set of Impala-compatible TPC-DS queries to demonstrate its performance in large-scale data processing.

  1. Generate sample data and upload it to OSS.

    [root@cdh-master ~]# git clone https://github.com/hortonworks/hive-testbench.git
    [root@cdh-master ~]# cd hive-testbench
    [root@cdh-master hive-testbench]# git checkout hive14
    [root@cdh-master hive-testbench]# ./tpcds-build.sh
    [root@cdh-master hive-testbench]# FORMAT=textfile ./tpcds-setup.sh 50 oss://{your-bucket-name}/
  2. Create the tables.

    The table creation statements for the benchmark are compatible with those for Apache Impala. You only need to copy the table creation statements from ddl-tpcds/text/alltables.sql and modify ${LOCATION}.

    [root@cdh-master hive-testbench]# impala-shell -i cdh-slave01 -d default
    Starting Impala Shell without Kerberos authentication
    Connected to cdh-slave01:21000
    Server version: impalad version 3.0.0-cdh6.0.1 RELEASE(build9a74a5053de5f7b8dd983802e6d75e58d31472db)
    ***********************************************************************************
    Welcome to the Impala shell.
    (Impala Shell v3.0.0-cdh6.0.1(9a74a50) built on Wed Sep 1911:27:37 PDT 2018)
    
    Want to know what version of Impala you're connected to? Run the VERSION command to
    find out!
    ***********************************************************************************
    Query: use `default`
    [cdh-slave01:21000] default> create external table call_center(
                               >       cc_call_center_sk         bigint
                               > ,     cc_call_center_id         string
                               > ,     cc_rec_start_date        string
                               > ,     cc_rec_end_date          string
                               > ,     cc_closed_date_sk         bigint
                               > ,     cc_open_date_sk           bigint
                               > ,     cc_name                   string
                               > ,     cc_class                  string
                               > ,     cc_employees              int
                               > ,     cc_sq_ft                  int
                               > ,     cc_hours                  string
                               > ,     cc_manager                string
                               > ,     cc_mkt_id                 int
                               > ,     cc_mkt_class              string
                               > ,     cc_mkt_desc               string
                               > ,     cc_market_manager         string
                               > ,     cc_division               int
                               > ,     cc_division_name          string
                               > ,     cc_company                int
                               > ,     cc_company_name           string
                               > ,     cc_street_number          string
                               > ,     cc_street_name            string
                               > ,     cc_street_type            string
                               > ,     cc_suite_number           string
                               > ,     cc_city                   string
                               > ,     cc_county                 string
                               > ,     cc_state                  string
                               > ,     cc_zip                    string
                               > ,     cc_country                string
                               > ,     cc_gmt_offset             double
                               > ,     cc_tax_percentage         double
                               > )
                               > row format delimited fields terminated by '|'
                               > location 'oss://{your-bucket-name}/50/call_center';
    Query: create external table call_center(
          cc_call_center_sk         bigint
    ,     cc_call_center_id         string
    ,     cc_rec_start_date        string
    ,     cc_rec_end_date          string
    ,     cc_closed_date_sk         bigint
    ,     cc_open_date_sk           bigint
    ,     cc_name                   string
    ,     cc_class                  string
    ,     cc_employees              int
    ,     cc_sq_ft                  int
    ,     cc_hours                  string
    ,     cc_manager                string
    ,     cc_mkt_id                 int
    ,     cc_mkt_class              string
    ,     cc_mkt_desc               string
    ,     cc_market_manager         string
    ,     cc_division               int
    ,     cc_division_name          string
    ,     cc_company                int
    ,     cc_company_name           string
    ,     cc_street_number          string
    ,     cc_street_name            string
    ,     cc_street_type            string
    ,     cc_suite_number           string
    ,     cc_city                   string
    ,     cc_county                 string
    ,     cc_state                  string
    ,     cc_zip                    string
    ,     cc_country                string
    ,     cc_gmt_offset             double
    ,     cc_tax_percentage         double
    )
    row format delimited fields terminated by '|'
    location 'oss://{your-bucket-name}/50/call_center'
    +-------------------------+
    | summary                 |
    +-------------------------+
    | Table has been created. |
    +-------------------------+
    Fetched 1 row(s) in 4.10s
  3. Verify that the tables exist.

    [cdh-slave01:21000] default> show tables;
    Query: show tables
    +------------------------+
    | name                   |
    +------------------------+
    | call_center            |
    | catalog_page           |
    | catalog_returns        |
    | catalog_sales          |
    | customer               |
    | customer_address       |
    | customer_demographics  |
    | date_dim               |
    | household_demographics |
    | income_band            |
    | inventory              |
    | item                   |
    | promotion              |
    | reason                 |
    | ship_mode              |
    | store                  |
    | store_returns          |
    | store_sales            |
    | time_dim               |
    | warehouse              |
    | web_page               |
    | web_returns            |
    | web_sales              |
    | web_site               |
    +------------------------+
    Fetched 24 row(s) in 0.03s
  4. Run a TPC-DS query against the data in OSS.

    1. Enter the sample-queries-tpcds directory that contains the SQL statements that you want to query.

      [root@cdh-master hive-testbench]# ls sample-queries-tpcds
      query12.sql  query20.sql  query27.sql  query39.sql  query46.sql  query54.sql  query64.sql  query71.sql  query7.sql   query87.sql  query93.sql  README.md
      query13.sql  query21.sql  query28.sql  query3.sql   query48.sql  query55.sql  query65.sql  query72.sql  query80.sql  query88.sql  query94.sql  testbench.settings
      query15.sql  query22.sql  query29.sql  query40.sql  query49.sql  query56.sql  query66.sql  query73.sql  query82.sql  query89.sql  query95.sql  testbench-withATS.settings
      query17.sql  query24.sql  query31.sql  query42.sql  query50.sql  query58.sql  query67.sql  query75.sql  query83.sql  query90.sql  query96.sql
      query18.sql  query25.sql  query32.sql  query43.sql  query51.sql  query60.sql  query68.sql  query76.sql  query84.sql  query91.sql  query97.sql
      query19.sql  query26.sql  query34.sql  query45.sql  query52.sql  query63.sql  query70.sql  query79.sql  query85.sql  query92.sql  query98.sql
    2. Execute the TPC-DS query query13.sql.

      [root@cdh-master hive-testbench]# impala-shell -i cdh-slave01 -d default -f sample-queries-tpcds/query13.sql
      Starting Impala Shell without Kerberos authentication
      Connected to cdh-slave01:21000
      Server version: impalad version 3.0.0-cdh6.0.1 RELEASE(build9a74a5053de5f7b8dd983802e6d75e58d31472db)
      Query: use`default`Query: selectavg(ss_quantity)
             ,avg(ss_ext_sales_price)
             ,avg(ss_ext_wholesale_cost)
             ,sum(ss_ext_wholesale_cost)
       from store_sales
           ,store
           ,customer_demographics
           ,household_demographics
           ,customer_address
           ,date_dim
       where store.s_store_sk = store_sales.ss_store_sk
       and  store_sales.ss_sold_date_sk = date_dim.d_date_sk and date_dim.d_year = 2001and((store_sales.ss_hdemo_sk=household_demographics.hd_demo_sk
        and customer_demographics.cd_demo_sk = store_sales.ss_cdemo_sk
        and customer_demographics.cd_marital_status = 'M'and customer_demographics.cd_education_status = '4 yr Degree'and store_sales.ss_sales_price between100.00and150.00and household_demographics.hd_dep_count = 3
           )or
          (store_sales.ss_hdemo_sk=household_demographics.hd_demo_sk
        and customer_demographics.cd_demo_sk = store_sales.ss_cdemo_sk
        and customer_demographics.cd_marital_status = 'D'and customer_demographics.cd_education_status = 'Primary'and store_sales.ss_sales_price between50.00and100.00and household_demographics.hd_dep_count = 1
           ) or
          (store_sales.ss_hdemo_sk=household_demographics.hd_demo_sk
        and customer_demographics.cd_demo_sk = ss_cdemo_sk
        and customer_demographics.cd_marital_status = 'U'and customer_demographics.cd_education_status = 'Advanced Degree'and store_sales.ss_sales_price between150.00and200.00and household_demographics.hd_dep_count = 1
           ))
       and((store_sales.ss_addr_sk = customer_address.ca_address_sk
        and customer_address.ca_country = 'United States'and customer_address.ca_state in('KY', 'GA', 'NM')
        and store_sales.ss_net_profit between100and200
           ) or
          (store_sales.ss_addr_sk = customer_address.ca_address_sk
        and customer_address.ca_country = 'United States'and customer_address.ca_state in('MT', 'OR', 'IN')
        and store_sales.ss_net_profit between150and300
           ) or
          (store_sales.ss_addr_sk = customer_address.ca_address_sk
        and customer_address.ca_country = 'United States'and customer_address.ca_state in('WI', 'MO', 'WV')
        and store_sales.ss_net_profit between50and250
           ))
      Query submitted at: 2018-10-3011:44:47(Coordinator: http://cdh-slave01:25000)
      Query progress can be monitored at: http://cdh-slave01:25000/query_plan?query_id=ff4b3157eddfc3c4:8a31c6500000000
      +-------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+
      | avg(ss_quantity)  | avg(ss_ext_sales_price) | avg(ss_ext_wholesale_cost) | sum(ss_ext_wholesale_cost) |
      +-------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+
      | 30.87106918238994 | 2352.642327044025       | 2162.600911949685          | 687707.09                  |
      +-------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+
      Fetched 1 row(s) in 353.16s

    This query involves six tables: store, store_sales, customer_demographics, household_demographics, customer_address, and date_dim.

    [cdh-slave01:21000] default> showtable STATS store;
    Query: showtable STATS store
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------+
    | #Rows | #Files | Size    | Bytes Cached | CacheReplication | Format | Incremental stats | Location                                  |
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------+
    | -1    | 1      | 37.56KB | NOT CACHED   | NOT CACHED        | TEXT   | false             | oss://{your-bucket-name}/50/store |
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------+
    Fetched 1 row(s) in 0.01s
    [cdh-slave01:21000] default> showtable STATS store_sales;
    Query: showtable STATS store_sales
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
    | #Rows | #Files | Size    | Bytes Cached | CacheReplication | Format | Incremental stats | Location                                        |
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
    | -1    | 50     | 18.75GB | NOT CACHED   | NOT CACHED        | TEXT   | false             | oss://{your-bucket-name}/50/store_sales |
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
    Fetched 1 row(s) in 0.01s
    [cdh-slave01:21000] default> showtable STATS customer_demographics;
    Query: showtable STATS customer_demographics
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
    | #Rows | #Files | Size    | Bytes Cached | CacheReplication | Format | Incremental stats | Location                                                  |
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
    | -1    | 50     | 76.92MB | NOT CACHED   | NOT CACHED        | TEXT   | false             | oss://{your-bucket-name}/50/customer_demographics |
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
    Fetched 1 row(s) in 0.01s
    [cdh-slave01:21000] default> showtable STATS household_demographics;
    Query: showtable STATS household_demographics
    +-------+--------+----------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
    | #Rows | #Files | Size     | Bytes Cached | CacheReplication | Format | Incremental stats | Location                                                   |
    +-------+--------+----------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
    | -1    | 1      | 148.10KB | NOT CACHED   | NOT CACHED        | TEXT   | false             | oss://{your-bucket-name}/50/household_demographics |
    +-------+--------+----------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
    Fetched 1 row(s) in 0.01s
    [cdh-slave01:21000] default> showtable STATS customer_address;
    Query: showtable STATS customer_address
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
    | #Rows | #Files | Size    | Bytes Cached | CacheReplication | Format | Incremental stats | Location                                             |
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
    | -1    | 1      | 40.54MB | NOT CACHED   | NOT CACHED        | TEXT   | false             | oss://{your-bucket-name}/50/customer_address |
    +-------+--------+---------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
    Fetched 1 row(s) in 0.01s
    [cdh-slave01:21000] default> showtable STATS date_dim;
    Query: showtable STATS date_dim
    +-------+--------+--------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
    | #Rows | #Files | Size   | Bytes Cached | CacheReplication | Format | Incremental stats | Location                                     |
    +-------+--------+--------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
    | -1    | 1      | 9.84MB | NOT CACHED   | NOT CACHED        | TEXT   | false             | oss://{your-bucket-name}/50/date_dim |
    +-------+--------+--------+--------------+-------------------+--------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
    Fetched 1 row(s) in 0.01s

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