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+# Setting TiDB as metastore db
+
+Generally sparking, you need setup tidb first and then copy `hive-site.xml` into Spark's `conf`
+directory.
+
+## Setup TiDB
+
+First you need have a TiDB cluster present, and then use a mysql client log into TiDB cluster. 
+
+You will need execute the following command:
+
+```$xslt
+CREATE USER 'hive'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'mine';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON metastore.* TO 'hive'@'%';
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+```
+
+It helps you create a user and grant access privileges to all databases and tables. 
+
+## Adding hive-site.xml configuration to Spark
+
+Then you can find a sample conf file at config directory at [tispark](https://github.com/pingcap/tispark)
+project. What you need to do is copy and paste such file into `SPARK_HOME/conf`. 
+
+After you finish these two steps, you are able to use tidb to store meta info of Spark.