In the Hue versions before [3][1], Hue is sometimes getting slow and “stuck”. To fix this problem, it is recommended to switch Hue to use the CherryPy server instead of Spawning. In the [hue.ini][2] or the Hue Safety Valve in CM, enter:
Hue provides an [interface][1] for [Impala][2], the next generation SQL engine for Hadoop. In order to offer even more performances, Hue can distribute the query load across all of the Impala workers.
You can now view Snappy compressed <a href="http://avro.apache.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avro</a> files in Hue through the [File Browser][1]! Here is a quick guide on how to get setup with Snappy and Avro.
Hue allows you to authenticate with several services like your company [LDAP][1], [OAuth][2], [OpenId][3], [SAML][4] etc. This blog post covers how to integrate with linux account names in Hue by synchronizing with the underlying system.
## <span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>Note:</em> <em>This post is deprecated as of Hue 3.8 / April 24th 2015</em>. Hue now has a new <a style="color: #ff0000;" href="https://gethue.com/new-notebook-application-for-spark-sql/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spark Notebook</a> application.</span>
Similarly to the [JobTracker High Availability configuration for MR1][1], Hue supports (since today’s date in master or Hue 3.7 or CDH5.1) more than one Resource Manager in case the Resource Manager goes down.
This blog post details how to use Kerberos and Sentry in the Hue [Search Application][1]. If you only want to use Kerberos, just skip the paragraphs about Sentry.
We previously showed in detail how to use [SSL encryption][1] with the Impala or Hive Editors. Here is now a step by step guide about how to use LDAP authentication instead of no authentication or Kerberos.
<span style="color: #ff0000;">Update August 2015</span>: It is not much easier to import or export your [dashboards][1], it is the same interface as the [Oozie workflows exporter][2].
The [Solr Search App][1] is having a great success and users often wonder if they could use it without the Hadoop related apps. As the app is only using the standard Apache Solr REST API and Hue allows to customize which apps to show, the answer is yes!
Hue is a server between users logged in their browsers and the respective Hadoop services. Consequently, Hue is seen as a single 'hue' user by the other servers.
We have seen in this [previous blog post][1] that there's a way to customize the top banner in Hue. In Hue 3.12 there's also the possibility to change the logo for further personalization!