hdfs-over-ftp

FTP server based on Apache FtpServer which works on a top of HDFS.

Features

• Supports Apache FtpServer 1.0.6
• Active and passive connections
• SSL support
• Passwords are stored as MD5 hashes
• Users locked into home directory (configured per user)
• Supports using FTP user or specified user to connect to HDFS
• JMX for remote statistics viewing and reset
• Can run on YARN using Apache Slider - see hdfs-over-ftp-slider
• Can add uploaded filename to Apache ActiveMQ queue
• Option to create missing directories

Requirements

• Java (tested with Java 7)
• Maven
• HDFS (2.7.1)

Building

• mvn package (run unit tests and build)
• mvn verify (run unit tests, build, and run integration tests)

Configuration

• Set users in configuration/users.properties
• Set server options in configuration/hdfs-over-ftp.properties (see comments in file)
• Set log configuration in configuration/log4j.xml (set to console by default)

Running

1. Change Java options in start-server.sh
2. Start server using start-server.sh (use --approot to define application root - include trailing slash)

References

hdfs-over-ftp

License

Apache License 2.0