Overview

This course is designed for experienced administrators who manage Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.3 clusters with Ambari. It covers upgrades, configuration, application management, and other common tasks.

Duration

3 days

Target Audience

IT administrators and operators responsible for configuring, managing, and supporting an Hadoop 2.3 deployment in a Linux environment using Ambari.

Course Objectives

• Execute automated installation of and upgrades to HDP clusters
• Configure HDFS for NFS integration and centralized caching
• Control application behavior using node labels
• Deploy applications using Slider
• Understand how to configure HDP for optimum Hive performance
• Understand how to manage HDP data compression
• Integrate Ambari with an existing LDAP environments to manage users and groups
• Configure high availability for Hive and Oozie
• Ingest SQL tables and log files into HDFS
• Support scalable and automated HDP application best practices
• Configure automated HDP data replication

Prerequisites

Attendees should have attended HDP Operations: Hadoop Administration 1 or possess equivalent knowledge and experience. Attendees should be familiar with basic HDP administration and Linux environments.

Hands-On Labs

• Introduction to the Lab Environment
• Perform an HDP Rolling Upgrade
• Configure HDFS NFS Gateway
• Configure HDFS Centralized Cache
• Configure YARN Node Labels
• Deploy HBase using Slider
• Integrate Ambari with LDAP
• Configure Hive High Availability
• Run an Oozie Workflow
• Configure Oozie High Availability
• Configure Data Mirroring using Falcon
• Install HDP using Ambari Blueprints

Additional Topics

• Hive Performance Tuning
• Managing Data Compression

Format

60% Lecture/Discussion, 40% Hands-on Labs

Certification

Hortonworks offers a comprehensive certification program that identifies you as an expert in Apache Hadoop. Visit hortonworks.com/training/certification for more information.

Hortonworks University

Hortonworks University is your expert source for Apache Hadoop training and certification. Public and private on-site courses are available for developers, administrators, data analysts and other IT professionals involved in implementing big data solutions.  Classes combine presentation material with industry-leading hands-on labs that fully prepare students for real-world Hadoop scenarios.