After the storage is successfully created online, we can create an HDInsight cluster. From the Azure Management Portal, select HDInsight and click on CREATE HDINSIGHT CLUSTER. Perform the following detailed steps, which are shown in the following screenshot:
Click on the Hadoop Menu option, which is used for quick creation. If you need customized settings, then you can use CUSTOM CREATE.
Note
HDInsight does have additional options for HBase and Storm, which we will review in Chapter 8, HDInsight 3.1 New Features.
Select a unique cluster name that should be a word between 3 and 63 characters and can support letters, numbers, and hyphens only. I have selected
hdindand the complete URL ishdind.azurehdinsight.net.Select the desired number of data nodes in the cluster. Currently, Azure supports 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 nodes.
Next, select a password for the cluster. The password must be at least 10 characters, including one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter,...