I am trying to configure hadoop 2.2.0 from source code and I found the instructions really crappy and incomplete. It is like they were written to avoid someone can do the job himself and must contract someone else to do it or buy a packaged version.
It is about three days I am struggling with this stuff with partial success. The documentation is less than clear and most of the stuff out there apply to earlier version and they haven't been updated for version 2.2.0. I was able to setup HDFS, however I am still unable to use it. I am doing a single node installation and the instruction page doesn't explain anything beside telling you to do this and that without documenting what each thing is doing and what choices are available and what guidelines you should follow. There is even environment variables you are told to set, but nothing is said about what they mean and to which value they should be set. It seems it assumes prior knowledge of everything about hadoop. Anyone knows a site with proper documentation about hadoop or it's hopeless and this whole thing is just a piece of toxicware? I am already looking for alternate solutions to hadoop which for sure will be a nightmare to manage and install each time a new version, release will become available. TIA ----------------- Daniel Savard
