Using the 3.0 driver for HDP 3.1 clusters

You can use the HDP 3.0 driver to connect to your HDP 3.1 cluster by updating the PDI config.properties file.

Perform the following steps to update your java.syste.hdp.version driver configuration parameter to HDP 3.1:

1. On your HDP cluster, use the hdp-select command to determine the full version of your cluster, such as '3.1.0.0-78'.

2. In the Pentaho distribution, open the config.properties file located in the *<username>*/.pentaho/metastore/pentaho/NamedCluster/Configs/*<user-defined connection name>* directory.

3. Change the java.system.hdp.version parameter from the existing version to the full version of your cluster, which you obtained by running the hdp-select command in Step 1. For example, the existing version of '3.0.0.0-1634' might be changed to '3.1.0.0-78'.

4. Save and close the config.properties file.

Your HDP 3.0 driver now works with your 3.1 HDP cluster after you restart your PDI client.