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Building Hadoop Clusters On Linux In EC2

Tutorial about building multi-node Hadoop clusters. Deploy a large Hadoop cluster in Amazon EC2 learning how to manage and configure Hadoop. Learn to configure the NameNode, slaves, secondary NameNode, backup NameNode, and TaskTracker job and host memory management.

Building Hadoop Clusters On Linux In EC2

Installing And Using Hadoop

Learn to install configure and use the open source Hadoop framework from the Apache Foundation. Basic installation, configuration, executing jobs, and using the HDFS filesystem and the Web GUI.

Setting Up SSH Keys Using SSH Agents And Tunnels

Learn to use SSH. Create keyfiles, learn to use ssh-agent, and build ssh tunnels. Also learn the basics of other ssh utilities scp and sftp to transfer files in this tutorial.

Creating OpenSSL Certificates and Certificate Authorities

Using OpenSSL to create self signed certificates along with creating a certificate authority (CA). Creating an internal CA allows you to create internally signed certificates for your company.

Installing and configuring Xen

Basic Installation and configuration guide for the Xen hypervisor. Learn to compile the Xen kernel, and configure both the host and guest domains.

IPTables Primer

Learn the basics of the iptables firewall. Topics covered include basic concepts on how iptables works, basic allow and deny rules, rule ordering, and examples.

Linux Basic Bash Scripting

Learn the basics of linux bash shell scripting. This tutorial covers basic syntax including conditional statements, loops, and variables.