Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Installing Cloudera Manager
Cloudera Manager can be installed using the following two methods:
• Automatic installation
• Manual installation
In this section, we will walk through the steps for automatic installation as most of the con-
figurations are handled efficiently by Cloudera Manager itself.
For this demonstration, we will be using the following machine configuration for the
Cloudera Manager Server:
•
Operating system
: CentOS 6.4
•
RAM
: 4 GB
•
CPU
: 4 CPU cores
•
Disk space
: 50 GB
For the machines running the Cloudera Manager Agents, we will use the following config-
uration:
•
Operating system
: CentOS 6.4
•
RAM
: 4 GB
•
CPU
: 4 CPU cores
•
Disk space
: This will depend on the volume of data you want to store in your
cluster
Note
For a complete list of all the hardware and software requirements, visit the following
Cloudera website:
The following are the steps to install Cloudera Manager Server and Cloudera Manager
Agents on a cluster:
1. Ensure that all nodes participating in the cluster can communicate with each other
over SSH and have their hostnames configured correctly.
