Yes, ideally you want to setup a 4th gateway node to run clients. http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera-content/cloudera-docs/CDH4/latest/CDH4-Security-Guide/AppxG-Setting-Up-Gateway.html
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to setup a multi node hadoop cluster. I am trying to > understand where hadoop clients like (Hive,Pig,Sqoop) would be installed in > the Hadoop Cluster. > > Say - I have three Linux machines- > > Node 1 - Master - (Name Node , Job Tracker and Secondary Name Node) > Node 2 - Slave (Task Tracker,Data Node) > Node 3 - Slave (Task Tracker,Data Node) > > On which machines should I install Hive? Should it be installed or Can it > be installed on a separate machine? What user and privileges are required ? > On which machines should I install Pig? Should it be installed or Can it > be installed on a separate machine? What user and privileges are required ? > On which machines should I install Sqoop? Should it be installed or Can it > be installed on a separate machine? What user and privileges are required ? > > Thanks, > Raj >