
AWS Lake Formation now enables querying Apache Hive metastores with fine-grained permissions across accounts, allowing organizations to share and access Hive database tables using AWS analytics services while maintaining granular access control.


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This article explains how to query an Apache Hive metastore using AWS Lake Formation permissions across multiple AWS accounts, demonstrating a cross-account data sharing solution.
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<li>AWS Lake Formation now supports managing user access to Apache Hive metastores through a federated AWS Glue connection</li>
<li>Enables querying Hive metastore databases using services like Amazon Athena, Redshift Spectrum, and EMR</li>
<li>Supports cross-account data sharing with fine-grained access control using LF-Tags</li>
<li>Allows organizations to leverage existing Hive metastore metadata without complete migration</li>
<li>Provides seamless integration for legacy big data workloads and transient EMR clusters</li>
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The solution involves setting up a Glue connection to an external Hive metastore, creating a federated database, and using Lake Formation permissions to control access across accounts.
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