How to provide encryption for Cloudera HDFS

Question

I want to provide security for my hdfs by using encryption. Please let me know how to do it?

Answer 1

You can provide security to cloudera hdfs by using HDFS Transparent Encryption. This is an end-to-end encryption technique which from provides encryption from reading file to writing files in such a way that the end-users are unaware about encryption and decryption going on. 

To know more about this and how to implement it, you can refer to the following link: https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/5-12-x/topics/cdh_sg_hdfs_encryption.html