5. Creating Directories on HDFS

Create the Hive user home directory on HDFS.

Login as $HDFS_USER and run the following command:

hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /user/$HIVE_USER
hdfs dfs -chown $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /user/$HIVE_USER

Create the warehouse directory on HDFS.

Login as $HDFS_USER and run the following command:

hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /apps/hive/warehouse
hdfs dfs -chown -R $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /apps/hive
hdfs dfs -chmod -R 775 /apps/hive

Where:

Create the Hive scratch directory on HDFS.

Login as $HDFS_USER and run the following command:

hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /tmp/hive
hdfs dfs -chown -R $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /tmp/hive
hdfs dfs -chmod -R 777 /tmp/hive

Where: