So those packages are really nice for testing out Accumulo. It makes it quick and easy to give it a test drive, but for anything beyond that it's a hassle.
First of all, there's no hadoop out there in the repositories. I think one of the reasons this hasn't happened is the same as the other difficulties of Accumulo - clustered software isn't the same as server software. You need to bring up one node, and only one node, to init, otherwise there are issues with the cluster. This is why there are utilities like whirr or chef/puppet recipes to spin up clusters. Personally, I think these are the better way to go for quick starts because then they're not one off utilities that are only useful to newcomers. But I should see about cutting new VMs/AMIs. Currently wrapping up an internal dev cycle but I'll see about dedicating a few cycles to getting new ones cut for the community. On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Brendan Heussler <[email protected]>wrote: > In addition, they have a very helpful blog post about installing a > standalone Accumulo instance. > > http://blog.sqrrl.com/post/40578606670/quick-accumulo-install > > > > Brendan > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Brad Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ABSOLUTELY!! >> >> In fact the problem of installing Accumulo and its many sub-parts >> installed, configured and working properly stopped me from even attempting >> it. Configuring something I don't yet understand is so unpleasant I try >> hard to avoid it. >> >> Sqrrl packages their Accumulo as a VirtualBox VM with no dangling loose >> ends. They also provide a version for Amazon EC2 which I'm also using. >> Cloudera has an even nicer installer (for Hadoop minus Accumulo it seems) >> with GUIs for most sub-parts. >> >> On Aug 16, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Andrew Pennebaker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > I think it would make Accumulo installation easier if we released >> > standardized packages. >> > >> > What if Ubuntu users could simply "apt-get install accumulo"? >> > >> > Similarly, we could help out Mac developers by submitting a >> > Homebrew<http://brew.sh/> formula >> > for accumulo (there's already one for hadoop!), and Windows developers >> > would enjoy a Chocolatey <http://chocolatey.org/> package. The easier >> the >> > installation process, the more people want to use Accumulo! >> >> Dr. Brad J. Cox Cell: 703-594-1883 Blog: http://bradjcox.blogspot.com >> http://virtualschool.edu >> >> >> >> >
