# Can I use HDFS source configured with Ranger with Dremio Community Edition

**URL:** https://community.dremio.com/t/can-i-use-hdfs-source-configured-with-ranger-with-dremio-community-edition/9529
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**Created:** [August 11, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/can-i-use-hdfs-source-configured-with-ranger-with-dremio-community-edition/9529 "2022-08-11T13:17:54Z")
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### Author: ![mkhapali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mkhapali](https://community.dremio.com/u/mkhapali)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/can-i-use-hdfs-source-configured-with-ranger-with-dremio-community-edition/9529/1 "2022-08-11T13:17:54Z")

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Team, Can I use HDFS configured with Ranger as source with Dremio Community Edition? As I read that Dremio Community Edition do not support Ranger based authorization, whereas my HDFS is ranger enabled and HDFS file read will do a transparent authorization request to Ranger directly.

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### Author: ![balaji.ramaswamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/balaji.ramaswamy/32/843_2.png) [@balaji.ramaswamy](https://community.dremio.com/u/balaji.ramaswamy)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/can-i-use-hdfs-source-configured-with-ranger-with-dremio-community-edition/9529/2 "2022-09-30T10:20:10Z")

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@mkhapali Ranger based authentication is only supported in Dremio Enterprise edition