topic Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS in Data Engineering

Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS

meiwah — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 07:23:27 GMT

I would like to connect to a parquet in ADLS Gen 2 from a Fabric PySpark notebook. How to set the spark config?

Below results in error

# Set the authentication type to SAS

spark.conf.set(

f"fs.azure.account.auth.type.{CONFIG_PREFIX}",

"SAS"

)

# Specify the Fixed SASToken Provider class

spark.conf.set(

f"fs.azure.sas.token.provider.type.{CONFIG_PREFIX}",

"org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.sas.FixedSASTokenProvider"

)

# Set the actual SAS token

spark.conf.set(

f"fs.azure.sas.fixed.token.{CONFIG_PREFIX}",

SAS_TOKEN

)

but there is an error
"Unable to load SAS token provider class: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Class org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.sas.FixedSASTokenProvider not foundjava.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Class org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.sas.FixedSASTokenProvider not found"

Re: Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS

BhaveshPatel — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:05:22 GMT

Hi @meiwah

Is it Azure Spark ( Pyspark ) or Delta Lake ( both are Parquet files except Delta lake has transaction log with parquet).

Also, Please include why do you need to connect to ADLS Gen 2 ( Storage ). You first need to connect to Azure Storage Explorer.

Also You need a GroupID and WorkspaceID to connect to Microsoft Fabric to Azure Storage Explorer.

https://app.fabric.microsoft.com/groups/08946547d-e0b7-6578-b5ff-ff4a96567753056/synapsenotebooks/5a4564459c-7721-4817-be56-88758a9085b2d?redirectedFromSignup=1&experience=fabric-developer

Re: Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS

meiwah — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:57:03 GMT

Hi Bhavesh, I'm running the code in PySpark notebook in Fabric environment, not in Azure. It is just a parquet and not delta. The reason for connecting to the ADLS is to receive the data there. And I'm using a SAS token becos it is cross tenant, meaning the fabric and adls are of different tenant

Re: Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS

BhaveshPatel — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:12:08 GMT

You first need to connect to Azure Storage Explorer. ( Multi tenant )

Also You need a GroupID and WorkspaceID to connect to Microsoft Fabric to Azure Storage Explorer.

Apache Spark doesn't have ACID Transactions whereas Delta Lake does.

https://app.fabric.microsoft.com/groups/08946547d-e0b7-6578-b5ff-ff4a96567753056/synapsenotebooks/5a

Re: Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS

v-achippa — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:23:04 GMT

Hi @meiwah,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

Thank you @BhaveshPatel for the prompt response.

As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided by the user for the issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa

Re: Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS

v-achippa — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:21:06 GMT

Hi @meiwah,

We wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided by the user for the issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa

Re: Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS

meiwah — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 01:26:34 GMT

Hi Anjan,

It has not been resolved. I would like to use SAS token to access a parquet file in ADLS Gen 2 from a Fabric PySpark notebook but the class org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.sas.FixedSASTokenProvider to set the config is not available in the Fabric environment as shown in the below error message. Is there another way for SAS to access a ADLS Gen 2? Thanks!

"Unable to load SAS token provider class: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Class org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.sas.FixedSASTokenProvider not foundjava.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Class org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.sas.FixedSASTokenProvider not found"

Re: Spark Config for PySpark notebook using SAS

v-achippa — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:58:54 GMT

Hi @meiwah,

Based on your requirement, you can use Lakehouse shortcuts in Microsoft Fabric to connect to ADLS Gen2 using a SAS token. Please follow below steps:

Navigate to the Lakehouse view in Fabric, then add a shortcut by providing the full DFS path of your ADLS Gen2 container.
When prompted for the authentication method, select SAS token and paste the token directly into the provided field.
Once the shortcut is created, it will mount the ADLS Gen2 container as a folder within your Lakehouse. You can then access this data from a PySpark notebook by adding the Lakehouse to your notebook.
After that, navigate to the desired file and use the auto-generated Spark code to read the data seamlessly.
For example like "df = spark.read.format("parquet").load("Tables/<shortcut-folder>/<file-path>")"

If possible, consider switching to Service Principal authentication for better security and manageability, especially in cross-tenant scenarios.

Also, go through this similar post which might help you with your query.

Solved: read Azure Data Lake from notebook fabric - Microsoft Fabric Community

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa