This chapter will guide users to get started and have a complete configured cluster. It will also show the ways in which they can verify and test the cluster. We will download and install various components such as Java, and will see configurations related to Hadoop/HBase such as DNS configuration. Then, we will discuss the installation and configuration of Hadoop, HBase, and other components such as ZooKeeper, and we will go through various files involved in the configuration process. We will also learn to configure Apache Hadoop/HBase and Cloudera Hadoop. We have a small section in this chapter that will help you configure Hadoop on Windows.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics: