Normally files in HDFS are intended to be quite big, it's not very easy to be shown in the browser.
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Brian C. Huffman < bhuff...@etinternational.com> wrote: > All, > > I noticed that that on Hadoop 2.5.0, when browsing the HDFS filesystem on > port 50070, you can't view a file in the browser. Clicking a file gives a > little popup with metadata and a download link. Can HDFS be configured to > show plaintext file contents in the browser? > > Thanks, > Brian > > -- Regards, *Stanley Shi,*