Requirements

Java 1.6 Hadoop 0.20.x.

Installing Hive from a Stable Release

Start by downloading the most recent stable release of Hive from one of the Apache download mirrors :

http://hive.apache.org/releases.html

We can directly download from site or issue command through terminsl to download as follows : wget http://ftp.wayne.edu/apache/hive/stable/hive-0.8.1.tar.gz After downloading complete issue following command : tar -xzf hive-0.8.1.tar.gz

open hive-0.8.1/conf/hive-env.sh # Set HADOOP_HOME to point to a specific hadoop install directory

export HADOOP_HOME=/home/shashwat/Hadoop/hadoop-0.20.205 export HADOOP_CONF_DIR=/home/shashwat/Hadoop/hadoop-0.20.205/conf

# Hive Configuration Directory can be controlled by: export HIVE_CONF_DIR=/home/shashwat/Hadoop/hive-0.7.1/conf # Folder containing extra ibraries required for hive compilation/execution can be controlled by: export HIVE_AUX_JARS_PATH=/home/shashwat/Hadoop/hadoop0.20.205/lib:/home/shashwat/Hadoop/hbase-0.90.4/lib:/home/shashwat/Hadoop/hive-

0.7.1/lib:/home/shashwat/Hadoop/hbase-0.90.4/hbase-0.90.4.jar

Then open hive-site.xml, in this file you will find a property called hive.aux.jars.path as follows : <property> <name>hive.aux.jars.path</name> <value>file:///home/shashwat/Hadoop/hive-0.7.1/lib/hive-hbase-handler0.7.1.jar,file:///home/shashwat/Hadoop/hive-0.7.1/lib/hbase0.90.4.jar,file:///home/shashwat/Hadoop/hive-0.7.1/lib/zookeeper-3.3.1.jar</value> </property>

Version compatibility with hadoop and hive : Hive Version 0.4 0.5 Hadoop Version 0.18 0.20 Configuration Parameters --hadoop-version 0.18 --hadoop-version 0.20 --hive-versions 0.5 -ami-version 1.0 --hadoop-version 0.20 --hive-versions 0.5,0.7

0.5 and 0.7 0.20

Hive Version 0.7 0.7.1 0.7.1 0.7.1.1 0.7.1.2 0.7.1.3 0.7.1.4

Hadoop Version 0.20 0.20 0.20.205 0.20.205 0.20.205 0.20.205 0.20.205

Configuration Parameters --ami-version 1.0 --hadoop-version 0.20 --hive-versions 0.7 -ami-version 1.0 --hadoop-version 0.20 --hive-versions 0.7.1 -ami-version 1.0 --hadoop-version 0.20 --hive-versions 0.7.1 -ami-version 2.0 --hadoop-version 0.20.205 --hive-versions 0.7.1.1 --ami-version 2.0 --hadoop-version 0.20.205 --hive-versions 0.7.1.2 --ami-version 2.0 --hadoop-version 0.20.205 --hive-versions 0.7.1.3 --ami-version 2.0 --hadoop-version 0.20.205 --hive-versions 0.7.1.4 --ami-version 2.0

After configuration complete issue these commmands from terminal : bin/hive - -service hiveserver : it will start the thrift server : then open new terminal and issue commmand bin/hive : this will give you hive terminal where you can execute commands like

create table show tables etc.

More configuration options

Hive Configuration Variables used to interact with Hadoop

Variable Name hadoop.bin.path Description Default Value The location of hadoop script which is used to submit jobs to $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop hadoop when submitting through a separate jvm. The location of the configuration $HADOOP_HOME/conf directory of the hadoop installation

hadoop.config.dir