Using the Catalog Configuration

A Presto catalog consists of schemas and refers to a data source through a connector. Qubole allows you to add the catalog through a simplified way by just defining its properties through the Presto overrides on the Presto cluster. You can add the catalog using the syntax below through the Presto override.

catalog/<catalog-name>.properties:
<catalog property 1>
<catalog property 2>
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<catalog property n>

catalog/hive.properties

Qubole provides table-level security for Hive tables accessed through Presto. See Understanding Qubole Hive Authorization for more information.

The following table describes the common Hive catalog properties.

Parameter	Examples	Default	Description	Supported Presto Version
hive.metastore-timeout	3m, 1h	3m	Timeout for Hive metastore calls that is, it denotes how long a request waits to fetch data from the metastore before getting timed out.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.metastore-cache-ttl	5m, 20m	20m	It denotes a data entry’s life duration in the metastore cache before it is evicted. Metastore caches tables, partitions, databases, and so on that are fetched from the Hive metastore. Configuring Thrift Metastore Server Interface for the Custom Metastore describes how to configure Hive Thrift Metastore Interface.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.metastore-cache-ttl-bulk	20m, 1d	NA	When you have a query that you need to run on hive.information_schema.columns, set this option as a Presto override. For example, hive.metastore-cache-ttl-bulk=24h. Enabling this option caches table entries for the configured duration, when the table info is fetched (in bulk) from the metastore. This makes fetching tables/columns through JBDC drivers faster. It is not supported in Presto version 317 and later.	Presto 0.208 version and older
hive.metastore-refresh-interval	10m, 20m	100m	It is the time interval set for refreshing metastore cache. After each interval expires, metastore cache is refreshed. So, in case if you see stale results for a query, then running the same query would fetch results without the stale data (assuming the time interval is Suppose, assume that you disable this parameter or set it by adding a value that is higher than that of expired). hive.metastore-cache-ttl. Try running the query after the entry is evicted from the metastore cache. The executed query brings back the evicted entry into the cache and the stale data is returned in the query. Retrieving info from the metastore takes more time than reading from the cache. You can avoid seeing stale results in the executed query by setting this parameter to a value that is lesser than hive.metastore-cache-ttl. If you run a query after the refresh interval’s expiry, then the query quickly returns the cached entry and starts a background cache refresh. So, to get cached entries with higher TTL and faster cache refreshes, set the value of hive.metastore-cache-ttl higher than hive.metastore-refresh-interval.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.security	allow-all, sql-standard	allow-all	sql-standard enables Hive authorization. See Understanding Qubole Hive Authorization for more information.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.skip-corrupt-records	true, false	false	It is used to skip corrupt records in input formats other than orc, parquet and rcfile. You can also set it as a session property, as hive.skip_corrupt_records=true in a session when the active cluster does not have this configuration globally enabled. This configuration is supported only in Presto 0.180 and later versions. Note The behavior for the corrupted file is non-deterministic that is Presto might read some part of the file before hitting corrupt data and in such a case, the QDS record reader returns whatever it read until this point and skips the rest of the file.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.information-schema-presto-view-only	true, false	true	It is enabled by default and hence, the information schema only includes the Presto views and not the Hive views. When it is set to false, the information schema includes both the Presto and Hive views.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.metastore.thrift.impersonation.enabled	true, false	false	It adds impersonation support for calls to the Hive metastore when you enable this property. It allows Presto to impersonate the user, who runs the query to access the Hive metastore.	Presto version 317
hive.max-partitions-per-scan	100000, 150000	100000	It is the maximum number of partitions for a single table scan.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.max-execution-partitions-per-scan	180000, 150000	The configured value of hive.max-partitions-per-scan.	You can use this property along with a relaxed limit on hive.max-partitions-per-scan when dynamic partition pruning is expected to reduce the number of partitions scanned at runtime. Note Using this runtime limit can cause Presto to scan data from hive.max-execution-partitions-per-scan partitions per table scan before it finds that it has breached the limit and fails the query.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317

Hive Catalog Properties associated with AWS

These catalog properties are associated with AWS.

Parameter	Examples	Default	Description	Supported Presto Version
hive.s3.multipart.min-file-size	18MB, 20MB	16MB	Minimum file size for an S3 multipart upload	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.s3.multipart.min-part-size	8MB, 9MB	6MB	Minimum part size for an S3 multipart upload	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.s3.sse.enabled	true, false	false	It is used to configure server-side encryption for data at rest on S3, by setting it to true. For more information, see Enabling SSE-KMS in the Presto Cluster.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.s3.sse.type	KMS, S3	NA	It is used to specify the type of server-side encryption when hive.s3.sse.enabled is set to true. This property is supported in Presto 0.180 and later versions.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.s3.ssl.enabled	true, false	false	It is used to secure the communication between Amazon S3 and the Presto cluster using SSL. Set the property to true to enable it.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.bucket-owner-full-control	true, false	false	When it is enabled, the S3 bucket owner gets complete permissions over the files written into it by other users.	Presto version 0.208 and older
hive.s3.upload-acl-type	BUCKET_OWNER_FULL_CONTROL	NULL	When its value is set to BUCKET_OWNER_FULL_CONTROL, the S3 bucket owner gets complete permissions over the files written into it by other users.	Presto version 317
hive.s3-secondary-role-arn	Secondary IAM Role’s ARN	NA	Configure the ARN of the user-overridden (secondary) IAM Role if S3 buckets are not accessible from Qubole account’s IAM Role and require a separate IAM Role to access such S3 buckets. You must configure this user-overridden IAM Role. The cluster assumes this user-overridden IAM Role to only access the S3 bucket.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.s3-secondary-role-extid	Secondary IAM Role’s External ID	NA	Add the external ID of the user-overridden (secondary) IAM Role that is used to access S3 buckets, which are not accessible from Qubole account’s IAM Role and require a separate IAM Role to access them.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317
hive.stale-listing-max-retry-time	10s, 1m, 10m	1m	It is the duration within which File readers continue retrying if there is query failure with FileNotFound exception. File readers retry the file open operation if there is a failure with FileNotFound exception. This provides a safeguard against the S3 Eventual Consistency issue where the coordinator node could see the file and created split for it but the worker node could not read the file with FileNotFound exception from S3. The session-level property to set the maximum duration is hive.stale_listing_max_retry_time. The default value is 1 minute. It is supported in Presto 0.193 and later versions.	Presto versions 0.208 and 317

Clearing Cache

If the cluster is on Presto 0.208 or a later version, run this command to clear the metastore cache maintained in the coordinator node for a given Hive catalog. You can call the following commands based on the Presto version:

• Presto version 0.208: catalogName.default.clear_cache();

• Presto version 317: catalogName.system.clear_cache();

Qubole has added a procedure for the Hive connector to clear table cache. You can call the following procedure to clear cache corresponding to that table based on the Presto version:

• Presto version 0.208: catalogName.default.clear_table_cache('schema_name','table_name')

• Presto version 317: catalogName.system.clear_table_cache('schema_name','table_name')