Docker looks really good! Hadoop actually has a Homebrew formula<https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/hadoop.rb>, so it should be possible to make an Aptitude package.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:19 PM, John Vines <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
