1. with Putty and Pagent connect with SSH key - load the private key into the connection, add tunnels (Connection → SSH → Tunnels, destination: localhost:####)
  2. then kinit and insert password
  3. on Hadoop server - /home/username
  4. to get to HDFS: commands hdfs dfs -command
    • e.g. hdfs dfs -ls
    • all the options: Cheat sheet
    • to get a file from HDFS to local FS use get
    • to put a file from local FS to HDFS use put