
Amazon EMR on EC2 now supports native LDAP authentication, allowing administrators to authenticate corporate Active Directory users automatically without manual configuration, simplifying access to EMR applications like Hue and Presto.


<div><p>This article announces native LDAP authentication support for Amazon EMR on EC2 clusters, enabling user authentication using Active Directory credentials.</p><ul><li>EMR on EC2 clusters can now authenticate corporate identities using LDAP-based credentials</li><li>Active Directory users are automatically synced to EMR clusters when LDAP is enabled</li><li>Users can authenticate to applications like Hue, Presto, and Livy using AD credentials</li><li>Eliminates manual user synchronization and Kerberos configuration complexity</li><li>Supports fine-grained access control through Apache Ranger for Hive Metastore</li><li>Available in Amazon EMR release 6.12 across all EMR on EC2 regions</li></ul><p>This feature simplifies corporate user authentication for EMR clusters by leveraging existing Active Directory infrastructure, reducing administrative overhead.</p></div>


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