Build the Metron RPMs (see Building the RPMs).

You may have already built the Metron RPMs when core Metron was installed.

$ find metron-deployment/ -name "metron-profiler*.rpm"
metron-deployment//packaging/docker/rpm-docker/RPMS/noarch/metron-profiler-0.4.1-201707131420.noarch.rpm

Copy the Profiler RPM to the installation host.

The installation host must be the same host on which HCP was installed. Depending on how you installed HCP, the Profiler RPM might have already been copied to this host with the other HCP RPMs.

[root@$METRON_HOME ~]# find /localrepo/  -name "metron-profiler*.rpm"
/localrepo/metron-profiler-0.4.0-201707112313.noarch.rpm

Install the RPM.

[root@$METRON_HOME ~]# rpm -ivh metron-profiler-*.noarch.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:metron-profiler        ########################################### [100%]

[root@$METRON_HOME ~]# rpm -ql metron-profiler
/usr/metron
/usr/metron/0.4.1
/usr/metron/0.4.1/bin
/usr/metron/0.4.1/bin/start_profiler_topology.sh
/usr/metron/0.4.1/config
/usr/metron/0.4.1/config/profiler.properties
/usr/metron/0.4.1/flux
/usr/metron/0.4.1/flux/profiler
/usr/metron/0.4.1/flux/profiler/remote.yaml
/usr/metron/0.4.1/lib
/usr/metron/0.4.1/lib/metron-profiler-0.4.0-uber.jar

Create a table within HBase that will store the profile data. By default, the table is named profiler with a column family P. The table name and column family must match the Profiler's configuration (see Configuring the Profiler).

$ /usr/hdp/current/hbase-client/bin/hbase shell
hbase(main):001:0> create 'profiler', 'P'

Edit the configuration file located at $METRON_HOME/config/profiler.properties.

kafka.zk=node1:2181
kafka.broker=node1:6667

Change kafka.zk to refer to ZooKeeper in your environment.

Change kafka.broker to refer to a Kafka Broker in your environment.

Start the Profiler topology.

$ cd $METRON_HOME
$ bin/start_profiler_topology.sh