Installing the Latest CDH 5 Release

To upgrade to the latest CDH 5 release, use the following topics.

Ways To Install CDH 5

You can install CDH 5 in any of the following ways:

  • Install Cloudera Manager, CDH, and managed services in a Cloudera Manager Deployment.
  • Or use one of the manual methods described below:
    • Download and install the CDH 5 1-click Install" package; OR
    • Add the CDH 5 repository; OR
    • Build your own CDH 5 repository

    If you use one of these manual methods rather than Cloudera Manager, the first (downloading and installing the "1-click Install" package) is recommended in most cases because it is simpler than building or adding a repository.

  • Install from a CDH 5 tarball — see, the next topic, "How Packaging Affects CDH 5 Deployment".

How Packaging Affects CDH 5 Deployment

Installing from Packages

Installing from a Tarball

  • If you install CDH 5 from a tarball, you will install YARN.
  • In CDH 5, there is no separate tarball for MRv1. Instead, the MRv1 binaries, examples, etc., are delivered in the Hadoop tarball itself. The scripts for running MRv1 are in the bin-mapreduce1 directory in the tarball, and the MRv1 examples are in the examples-mapreduce1 directory.

Before You Begin Installing CDH 5 Manually

  • For a list of supported operating systems, see CDH 5 Requirements and Supported Versions.
  • These instructions assume that the sudo command is configured on the hosts where you will be doing the installation. If this is not the case, you will need the root user (superuser) to configure it.

High Availability

In CDH 5, you can configure high availability both for the NameNode and the JobTracker or ResourceManager.

Steps to Install CDH 5 Manually

Step 1: Add or Build the CDH 5 Repository or Download the "1-click Install" package.

  • If you are installing CDH 5 on a Red Hat system, you can download Cloudera packages using yum or your web browser.
  • If you are installing CDH 5 on a SLES system, you can download the Cloudera packages using zypper or YaST or your web browser.
  • If you are installing CDH 5 on an Ubuntu or Debian system, you can download the Cloudera packages using apt or your web browser.

On Red Hat-compatible Systems

Use one of the following methods to add or build the CDH 5 repository or download the package on Red Hat-compatible systems.

Do this on all the systems in the cluster.

To download and install the CDH 5 "1-click Install" package:

  1. Click the entry in the table below that matches your Red Hat or CentOS system, choose Save File, and save the file to a directory to which you have write access (it can be your home directory).
    OS Version Click this Link
    Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 5 Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 5 link
    Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 6 Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 6 link
  2. Install the RPM. For Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 5: 
    $ sudo yum --nogpgcheck localinstall cloudera-cdh-5-0.x86_64.rpm

    For Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 6 (64-bit):

    $ sudo yum --nogpgcheck localinstall cloudera-cdh-5-0.x86_64.rpm

Now continue with Step 1a: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

OR: To add the CDH 5 repository:

Click the entry in the table below that matches your RHEL or CentOS system, go to the repo file for your system and save it in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.

For OS Version

Click this Link

RHEL/CentOS/Oracle 5

RHEL/CentOS/Oracle 5 link

RHEL/CentOS/Oracle 6 (64-bit)

RHEL/CentOS/Oracle 6 link

Now continue with Step 2: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

OR: To build a Yum repository:

If you want to create your own yum repository, download the appropriate repo file, create the repo, distribute the repo file and set up a web server, as described under Creating a Local Yum Repository.

Now continue with Step 2: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

On SLES Systems

Use one of the following methods to download the CDH 5 repository or package on SLES systems.

To download and install the CDH 5 "1-click Install" package:

  1. Download the CDH 5 "1-click Install" package.

    Click this link, choose Save File, and save it to a directory to which you have write access (for example, your home directory).

  2. Install the RPM: 
    $ sudo rpm -i cloudera-cdh-5-0.x86_64.rpm
  3. Update your system package index by running: 
    $ sudo zypper refresh

Now continue with Step 2: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

OR: To add the CDH 5 repository:

  1. Run the following command: 
    $ sudo zypper addrepo -f https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/sles/11/x86_64/cdh/cloudera-cdh5.repo
  2. Update your system package index by running: 
    $ sudo zypper refresh

Now continue with Step 2: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

OR: To build a SLES repository:

If you want to create your own SLES repository, create a mirror of the CDH SLES directory by following these instructions that explain how to create a SLES repository from the mirror.

Now continue with Step 2: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

On Ubuntu or Debian Systems

Use one of the following methods to download the CDH 5 repository or package.

To download and install the CDH 5 "1-click Install" package:

  1. Download the CDH 5 "1-click Install" package:
    OS Version Click this Link
    Wheezy Wheezy link
    Precise Precise link
    Trusty Trusty link
  2. Install the package by doing one of the following:
    • Choose Open with in the download window to use the package manager.
    • Choose Save File, save the package to a directory to which you have write access (for example, your home directory), and install it from the command line. For example: 
      sudo dpkg -i cdh5-repository_1.0_all.deb

Now continue with Step 2: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

OR: To add the CDH 5 repository:

  • Download the appropriate cloudera.list file by issuing one of the following commands. You can use another HTTP client if wget is not available, but the syntax may be different.
    OS Version Command
    Debian Wheezy 
    $ sudo wget 'https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/debian/wheezy/amd64/cdh/cloudera.list' \
    -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera.list
    Ubuntu Precise 
    $ sudo wget 'https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/ubuntu/precise/amd64/cdh/cloudera.list' \
    -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera.list
    Ubuntu Lucid 
    $ sudo wget 'https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/ubuntu/lucid/amd64/cdh/cloudera.list' \
    -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera.list
    Ubuntu Trusty 
    $ sudo wget 'https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/cdh/cloudera.list' \
    -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera.list

Additional step for Trusty

This step ensures that you get the right ZooKeeper package for the current CDH release. You need to prioritize the Cloudera repository you have just added, such that you install the CDH version of ZooKeeper rather than the version that is bundled with Ubuntu Trusty.

To do this, create a file at /etc/apt/preferences.d/cloudera.pref with the following contents: 
Package: *
Pin: release o=Cloudera, l=Cloudera
Pin-Priority: 501

Now continue with Step 1a: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

OR: To build a Debian repository:

If you want to create your own apt repository, create a mirror of the CDH Debian directory and then create an apt repository from the mirror.

Now continue with Step 1a: Optionally Add a Repository Key, and then choose Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN, or Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1; or do both steps if you want to install both implementations.

Step 2: Optionally Add a Repository Key

Before installing YARN or MRv1: (Optionally) add a repository key on each system in the cluster. Add the Cloudera Public GPG Key to your repository by executing one of the following commands:

  • For Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 5 systems: 
    $ sudo rpm --import https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/redhat/5/x86_64/cdh/RPM-GPG-KEY-cloudera
  • For Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 6 systems: 
    $ sudo rpm --import https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/redhat/6/x86_64/cdh/RPM-GPG-KEY-cloudera
  • For all SLES systems: 
    $ sudo rpm --import https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/sles/11/x86_64/cdh/RPM-GPG-KEY-cloudera
  • For Ubuntu or Debian systems:
    OS Version Command
    Debian Wheezy 
    $ wget https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/debian/wheezy/amd64/cdh/archive.key -O archive.key
$ sudo apt-key add archive.key
    Ubuntu Precise 
    $ wget https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/ubuntu/precise/amd64/cdh/archive.key -O archive.key
$ sudo apt-key add archive.key
    Ubuntu Lucid 
    $ wget https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/ubuntu/lucid/amd64/cdh/archive.key -O archive.key
$ sudo apt-key add archive.key
    Ubuntu Trusty 
    $ wget https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/cdh/archive.key -O archive.key
$ sudo apt-key add archive.key

This key enables you to verify that you are downloading genuine packages.

Step 3: Install CDH 5 with YARN

To install CDH 5 with YARN:

  1. Install and deploy ZooKeeper.

    Follow instructions under ZooKeeper Installation.

  2. Install each type of daemon package on the appropriate systems(s), as follows.

    Where to install

    Install commands

    Resource Manager host (analogous to MRv1 JobTracker) running:

     

    Red Hat/CentOS compatible

    sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-yarn-resourcemanager

    SLES

    sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-yarn-resourcemanager

    Ubuntu or Debian

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hadoop-yarn-resourcemanager

    NameNode host running:

     

    Red Hat/CentOS compatible

    sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-hdfs-namenode

    SLES

    sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-hdfs-namenode

    Ubuntu or Debian

    sudo apt-get install hadoop-hdfs-namenode

    Secondary NameNode host (if used) running:

     

    Red Hat/CentOS compatible

    sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-hdfs-secondarynamenode

    SLES

    sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-hdfs-secondarynamenode

    Ubuntu or Debian

    sudo apt-get install hadoop-hdfs-secondarynamenode

    All cluster hosts except the Resource Manager running:

     

    Red Hat/CentOS compatible

    sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-yarn-nodemanager hadoop-hdfs-datanode hadoop-mapreduce

    SLES

    sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-yarn-nodemanager hadoop-hdfs-datanode hadoop-mapreduce

    Ubuntu or Debian

    sudo apt-get install hadoop-yarn-nodemanager hadoop-hdfs-datanode hadoop-mapreduce

    One host in the cluster running:

     

    Red Hat/CentOS compatible

    sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-mapreduce-historyserver hadoop-yarn-proxyserver

    SLES

    sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-mapreduce-historyserver hadoop-yarn-proxyserver

    Ubuntu or Debian

    sudo apt-get install hadoop-mapreduce-historyserver hadoop-yarn-proxyserver

    All client hosts running:

     

    Red Hat/CentOS compatible

    sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-client

    SLES

    sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-client

    Ubuntu or Debian

    sudo apt-get install hadoop-client

Step 4: Install CDH 5 with MRv1

First, install and deploy ZooKeeper.

Follow instructions under ZooKeeper Installation. Make sure you create the myid file in the data directory, as instructed, if you are starting a ZooKeeper ensemble after a fresh install.

Next, install packages.

Install each type of daemon package on the appropriate systems(s), as follows.

Where to install

Install commands

JobTracker host running:

 

Red Hat/CentOS compatible

sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-0.20-mapreduce-jobtracker

SLES

sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-0.20-mapreduce-jobtracker

Ubuntu or Debian

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hadoop-0.20-mapreduce-jobtracker

NameNode host running:

 

Red Hat/CentOS compatible

sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-hdfs-namenode

SLES

sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-hdfs-namenode

Ubuntu or Debian

sudo apt-get install hadoop-hdfs-namenode

Secondary NameNode host (if used) running:

 

Red Hat/CentOS compatible

sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-hdfs-secondarynamenode

SLES

sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-hdfs-secondarynamenode

Ubuntu or Debian

sudo apt-get install hadoop-hdfs-secondarynamenode

All cluster hosts except the JobTracker, NameNode, and Secondary (or Standby) NameNode hosts running:

 

Red Hat/CentOS compatible

sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-0.20-mapreduce-tasktracker hadoop-hdfs-datanode

SLES

sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-0.20-mapreduce-tasktracker hadoop-hdfs-datanode

Ubuntu or Debian

sudo apt-get install hadoop-0.20-mapreduce-tasktracker hadoop-hdfs-datanode

All client hosts running:

 

Red Hat/CentOS compatible

sudo yum clean all; sudo yum install hadoop-client

SLES

sudo zypper clean --all; sudo zypper install hadoop-client

Ubuntu or Debian

sudo apt-get install hadoop-client

Step 5: (Optional) Install LZO

If you decide to install LZO ( Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer compression), proceed as follows. For information about choosing a compression format, see Choosing a Data Compression Format
  1. Add the repository on each host in the cluster. Follow the instructions for your OS version:
    For OS Version Do this
    Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle 5 Go to this link and save the file in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.
    Red Hat/CentOS 6 Go to this link and save the file in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.
    SLES
    1. Run the following command: 
       $ sudo zypper addrepo -f 
https://archive.cloudera.com/gplextras5/sles/11/x86_64/gplextras/
cloudera-gplextras5.repo
    2. Update your system package index by running: 
       $ sudo zypper refresh
    Ubuntu or Debian Go to this link and save the file as /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gplextras.list.
  2. Install the package on each host as follows:
    For OS version Install commands
    Red Hat/CentOS compatible 
    sudo yum install hadoop-lzo
    SLES 
    sudo zypper install hadoop-lzo
    Ubuntu or Debian 
    sudo apt-get install hadoop-lzo
  3. Continue with installing and deploying CDH. As part of the deployment, you will need to do some additional configuration for LZO, as shown under Configuring LZO.

Step 6: Deploy CDH and Install Components

Now proceed with: