Github user joshelser commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/235#discussion_r107939700
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@@ -36,62 +36,49 @@ to manage Accumulo:
These scripts will be used in the remaining instructions to configure and
run Accumulo.
For convenience, consider adding `accumulo-X.Y.Z/bin/` to your shell's
path.
-## Configuring
+## Configuring Accumulo
-Accumulo has some optional native code that improves its performance and
-stability. Before configuring Accumulo, attempt to build this native code
-with the following command.
+Accumulo requires running [Zookeeper][3] and [HDFS][4] instances which
should be set up
+before configuring Accumulo.
- accumulo-util build-native
+The primary configuration files for Accumulo are `accumulo-env.sh` and
`accumulo-site.xml`
+which are located in the `conf/` directory.
-If the command fails, its OK to continue with setup and resolve the issue
later.
+Follow the steps below to configure `accumulo-site.xml`:
-Accumulo is configured by the files `accumulo-site.xml` and
`accumulo-env.sh` in the `conf/`
-directory. You can either edit these files for your environment or run the
command below which will
-overwrite them with files configured for your environment.
+1. Run `accumulo-util build-native` to build native code. If this command
fails, disable
+ native maps by setting `tserver.memory.maps.native.enabled` to `false`.
- accumulo-util create-config
+2. Set `instance.volumes` to HDFS location where Accumulo will store data.
If your namenode
+ is running at 192.168.1.9:9000 and you want to store data in
`/accumulo` in HDFS, then set
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If you did the s/9000/8020/ elsewhere, could also do it here
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