Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Appendix A. Installing Apache Hadoop
It's easy to install Hadoop on a single machine to try it out. (For installation on a cluster,
refer to
Chapter 10
.
)
In this appendix, we cover how to install Hadoop Common, HDFS, MapReduce, and
YARN using a binary tarball release from the Apache Software Foundation. Instructions
for installing the other projects covered in this topic are included at the start of the relevant
chapters.
TIP
Another option is to use a virtual machine (such as Cloudera's QuickStart VM) that comes with all the Ha-
doop services preinstalled and configured.
The instructions that follow are suitable for Unix-based systems, including Mac OS X
(which is not a production platform, but is fine for development).
