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 4. Create Directories on HDFS

  1. Create Hive user home directory on HDFS. 

    Login as $HDFS_USER
hadoop fs -mkdir -p /user/$HIVE_USER
hadoop fs -chown $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /user/$HIVE_USER

  2. Create warehouse directory on HDFS. 

    Login as $HDFS_USER
hadoop fs -mkdir -p /apps/hive/warehouse
hadoop fs -chown -R $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /apps/hive
hadoop fs -chmod -R 775 /apps/hive

    where:

    • $HDFS_USER is the user owning the HDFS services. For example, hdfs.

    • $HIVE_USER is the user owning the Hive services. For example, hive.

  3. Create hive scratch directory on HDFS. 

    Login as $HDFS_USER
hadoop fs -mkdir -p /tmp/scratch
hadoop fs -chown -R $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /tmp/scratch
hadoop fs -chmod -R 777 /tmp/scratch

    where:

    • $HDFS_USER is the user owning the HDFS services. For example, hdfs.

    • $HIVE_USER is the user owning the Hive services. For example, hive.

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