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Apache Spark 2: Data Processing and Real-Time Analytics

By : Romeo Kienzler, Md. Rezaul Karim, Sridhar Alla, Siamak Amirghodsi, Meenakshi Rajendran, Broderick Hall, Shuen Mei
Book Image

Apache Spark 2: Data Processing and Real-Time Analytics

By: Romeo Kienzler, Md. Rezaul Karim, Sridhar Alla, Siamak Amirghodsi, Meenakshi Rajendran, Broderick Hall, Shuen Mei

Overview of this book

Apache Spark is an in-memory, cluster-based data processing system that provides a wide range of functionalities such as big data processing, analytics, machine learning, and more. With this Learning Path, you can take your knowledge of Apache Spark to the next level by learning how to expand Spark's functionality and building your own data flow and machine learning programs on this platform. You will work with the different modules in Apache Spark, such as interactive querying with Spark SQL, using DataFrames and datasets, implementing streaming analytics with Spark Streaming, and applying machine learning and deep learning techniques on Spark using MLlib and various external tools. By the end of this elaborately designed Learning Path, you will have all the knowledge you need to master Apache Spark, and build your own big data processing and analytics pipeline quickly and without any hassle. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: • Mastering Apache Spark 2.x by Romeo Kienzler • Scala and Spark for Big Data Analytics by Md. Rezaul Karim, Sridhar Alla • Apache Spark 2.x Machine Learning Cookbook by Siamak Amirghodsi, Meenakshi Rajendran, Broderick Hall, Shuen MeiCookbook
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Running a sample ML code from Spark


We can verify the setup by simply downloading the sample code from the Spark source tree and importing it into IntelliJ to make sure it runs.

Getting ready

We will first run the logistic regression code from the samples to verify installation. In the next section, we proceed to write our own version of the same program and examine the output in order to understand how it works.

How to do it...

  1. Go to the source directory and pick one of the ML sample code files to run. We've selected the logistic regression example.

Note

If you cannot find the source code in your directory, you can always download the Spark source, unzip, and then extract the examples directory accordingly.

  1. After selecting the example, select Edit Configurations..., as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. In the Configurations tab, define the following options:
    • VM options: The choice shown allows you to run a standalone Spark cluster
    • Program arguments: What we are supposed to pass into the program...