GitHub user khalidhuseynov reopened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/1840
[ZEPPELIN-1730, 1587] add spark impersonation through --proxy-user option ### What is this PR for? This is to add spark impersonation using --proxy-user option. note that it enables also to use spark impersonation without having logged user as system user with configured ssh. ### What type of PR is it? Improvement ### Todos * [x] - add `--proxy-user` * [x] - try on standalone spark 1.6.2 * [x] - try on yarn-client mode spark 2.0.1 ### What is the Jira issue? Directly solves [ZEPPELIN-1730](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZEPPELIN-1730) and also solves [ZEPPELIN-1587](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZEPPELIN-1587) according to discussion in #1566 since using `--proxy-user` in `spark-submit` is preferable method. ### How should this be tested? 1. switch your spark cluster to `per user` and `isolated` mode 2. set up `user impersonation` flag 3. run some job using that spark interpreter 4. spark context should be created with currently logged in user credentials on behalf of system user ### Screenshots (if appropriate) standalone  yarn-client <img width="997" alt="screen shot 2017-01-04 at 10 00 13 am" src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1642088/21653117/75410fde-d264-11e6-886f-11d8b5dbd29e.png"> ### Questions: * Does the licenses files need update? no * Is there breaking changes for older versions? no * Does this needs documentation? yes You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/khalidhuseynov/incubator-zeppelin feat/spark-proxy-user Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/1840.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #1840 ---- commit 4c3dba9e95ca23fe42055f2a039fbdb423a7f466 Author: Khalid Huseynov <khalid...@gmail.com> Date: 2017-01-04T09:49:24Z add --proxy-user option for spark commit c1239726fe322b6d5281589716ce2006a3944095 Author: Khalid Huseynov <khalid...@gmail.com> Date: 2017-01-04T17:25:27Z add note in docs ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---