Execute these commands from the JobTracker server:
Login as $HDFS_USER /usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop fs -mkdir /mapred /usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop fs -chown -R mapred /mapred
Login as $MAPRED_USER /usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop-daemon.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR start jobtracker
Execute these commands from the JobHistory server:
Login as $MAPRED_USER /usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop-daemon.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR start historyserver
Execute these commands from all TaskTracker nodes:
Login as $MAPRED_USER /usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop-daemon.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR start tasktracker