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+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+commands:
+  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE hdfs-namenode-default-0 -- hadoop checknative | grep "hadoop:.*true"
+  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE hdfs-namenode-default-0 -- hadoop checknative | grep "zlib:.*true"
+  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE hdfs-namenode-default-0 -- hadoop checknative | grep "openssl:.*true"