Hadoop fully distributed cluster configuration 1,2,3

Apache Whirr : Nice tool to configure hadoop cluster automatically

Whirr provides:

• A cloud-neutral way to run services. You don't have to worry about the idiosyncrasies of each provider.
• A common service API. The details of provisioning are particular to the service.
• Smart defaults for services. You can get a properly configured system running quickly, while still being able to override settings as needed.

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Check this Whirr in 5 Munutes

Pre-requisites

• Java 6
• An account with a cloud provider, such as Amazon EC2, or Rackspace Cloud Servers
• An SSH client