keith-turner commented on a change in pull request #56: ACCUMULO-4784 Updating docs with Connector builder URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo-website/pull/56#discussion_r167737649
########## File path: _docs-2-0/administration/in-depth-install.md ########## @@ -294,27 +294,11 @@ will expect the KeyStore in the same location. ### Client Configuration -In version 1.6.0, Accumulo included a new type of configuration file known as a client -configuration file. One problem with the traditional "site.xml" file that is prevalent -through Hadoop is that it is a single file used by both clients and servers. This makes -it very difficult to protect secrets that are only meant for the server processes while -allowing the clients to connect to the servers. +Accumulo clients are configured in a different way than Accumulo servers. Clients are +configured when [an Accumulo Connnector is created][client-conn] using Java builder methods +or a `accumulo-client.properties` file containing [client properties][client-props]. -The client configuration file is a subset of the information stored in accumulo-site.xml -meant only for consumption by clients of Accumulo. By default, Accumulo checks a number -of locations for a client configuration by default: - -* `/path/to/accumulo/conf/client.conf` Review comment: If using the new API, will it still look in these locations? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services
