You can select different connection options based on your current system connection setup and your data transfer needs. Select Kerberos security authentication if your Hadoop Hortonworks system is configured within a Kerberos realm.
| Connection Option | Description |
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| Knox Gateway | Select this option if you currently connect to your Hortonworks Hadoop System through a Knox Gateway. The Apache Knox Gateway is a REST API gateway for interacting with Hadoop clusters. See Creating a Hortonworks Self-Signed Certificate for instructions about retrieving and installing certificate information. |
| TDCH | Select this option if you plan to use this connection for data transfers between the Hortonworks Hadoop System and Vantage. Teradata Connector for Hadoop (TDCH) enables you to move data between Vantage and Hadoop systems. TDCH is not available for Teradata Studio Express. |
| SQL-H | Select this option if you plan to use this connection for data transfers from the Hortonworks Hadoop System to an Aster Database.
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| Smart Loader | Select this option if you plan to use this connection to import data from text delimited files into a Hadoop System. |
| Hive | Select this option if you plan to use this connection to access the Hortonworks Hadoop System using SQL from the SQL Editor. This option uses the Hive JDBC driver to access your Hadoop System. |