Spark Prerequisites

Before installing Spark, make sure your cluster meets the following prerequisites.

Table 19.1. Prerequisites for running Spark 1.6

Prerequisite	Description
Cluster Stack Version	HDP 2.4.0 or later
(Optional) Ambari Version	Ambari 2.2.1 or later
Software dependencies	Spark requires HDFS and YARN PySpark requires Python to be installed on all nodes

	Note
	When you install , Spark 1.6.2 is installed.

​Spark Prerequisites