Apache Ambari Installation
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Collect Information

Before deploying a cluster, you should collect the following information:

  • The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of each host in your system. The Ambari Cluster Install wizard supports using IP addresses. You can use

    hostname -f 

    to check or verify the FQDN of a host.

    [Note]Note

    Deploying all components on a single host is possible, but is appropriate only for initial evaluation purposes. Typically, you set up at least three hosts; one master host and two slaves, as a minimum cluster.

  • A list of components you want to set up on each host.

  • The base directories you want to use as mount points for storing:

    • NameNode data

    • DataNodes data

    • Secondary NameNode data

    • Oozie data

    • YARN data

    • ZooKeeper data, if you install ZooKeeper

    • Various log, pid, and db files, depending on your install type

    [Important]Important

    You must use base directories that provide persistent storage locations for your components and your Hadoop data. Installing components in locations that may be removed from a host may result in cluster failure or data loss. For example: Do Not use /tmp in a base directory path.