KerberosContext.java

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package org.apache.nifi.kerberos;

import java.io.File;

public interface KerberosContext {

    /**
     * The Kerberos service principal used by NiFi to communicate with the KDC
     * in order to obtain tickets on behalf of NiFi. Typically of the form
     * NIFI/fully.qualified.domain@REALM.
     *
     * @return the principal, or null if this NiFi instance is not configured
     * with a NiFi Kerberos service principal
     */
    public String getKerberosServicePrincipal();

    /**
     * The File instance for the Kerberos service keytab. The service principal
     * and service keytab will be used to communicate with the KDC to obtain
     * tickets on behalf of NiFi.
     *
     * @return the File instance of the service keytab, or null if this NiFi
     * instance is not configured with a NiFi Kerberos service keytab
     */
    public File getKerberosServiceKeytab();

    /**
     * The Kerberos configuration file (typically krb5.conf) that will be used
     * by this JVM during all Kerberos operations.
     *
     * @return the File instance for the Kerberos configuration file, or null if
     * this NiFi instance is not configured with a Kerberos configuration file
     */
    public File getKerberosConfigurationFile();
}