Introduction

Managing an HDInsight cluster, or running an HDInsight job, from an Azure WebJob, requires you to set up a certificate to access the HDInsight cluster. This post shows how to upload the certificate to the Azure management portal, and how to configure our WebJob.

To generate the certificate file we need, you can follow the steps for the .pfx certificate file generation here.

Uploading the certificate file

The .pfx file should be uploaded in the “Configure” section in your Web App. To do so, follow these steps: Continue reading →

Introduction

Managing an HDInsight cluster, or running an HDInsight job, from an Azure worker role, requires you to set up a certificate to access the HDInsight cluster. This post shows how to upload the certificates to the Azure management portal, and how to configure our cloud service. The previous post (Setting up a cloud service to run HDInsight jobs – Part 1) showed the steps to generate the certificate files we need.

Uploading the certificate files

The .cer file should be uploaded to the Azure portal under the “Management Certificates” section. To do so, follow these steps: Continue reading →

Introduction

Managing an HDInsight cluster, or running an HDInsight job, from an Azure worker role, requires you to set up a certificate to access the HDInsight cluster. This post shows the steps to generate the certificate files we need. The next one will show you how to upload the certificates to the Azure management portal, and how to configure your cloud service (Setting up a cloud service to run HDInsight jobs – Part 2).

Creating the certificate files

The certificates you download from your Azure subscription will not allow you to generate a pfx file, so we’ll need to create our own. This can be done in two ways: we can buy a certificate from firms like VeriSign or Entrust, or, we can create one ourselves with IIS, for free! Continue reading →