Is there a way to use the Cloudera Distribution without root access

[Steve Lewis <lo...@gmail.com>]

We are trying set up a cluster using the latest Cloudera distribution. The
issue is that IT will not give us root
access to the systems in the cluster. The people trying to set up the
cluster report that it is not possible
to configure a cloudera distribution without root access - also
as of their 0.20 release, the information in /etc/default/hadoop-0.20 will
overwrite any environment variables you specify.)

Has anyone done this??

-- 
Steven M. Lewis PhD
4221 105th Ave Ne
Kirkland, WA 98033
206-384-1340 (cell)
Institute for Systems Biology
Seattle WA

Re: Is there a way to use the Cloudera Distribution without root access

[Arun C Murthy <ac...@yahoo-inc.com>]

Again, please take CDH questions to Cloudera lists.

On Nov 8, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Alex Kozlov wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> It is entirely possible to configure Hadoop to run in the user space  
> (with
> the exception of the security-enabled CDH3b3, but any prior to this  
> should
> work).  You will not be able to install it from RPMs since it  
> requires root
> access, but it should work from a tarball distribution.  You should  
> even be
> able to start/stop the whole cluster with a single {start,stop}-all.sh
> command from $HADOOP_HOME/bin directory if you distribute ssh keys and
> enable passwordless ssh (I don't know if your admins will frown on  
> this as
> well).  The service scripts in /etc/init.d obviously will be off  
> limits.
>
> Let us know if you have any specific questions.
>
> --
> Alex Kozlov
> Solutions Architect
> Cloudera, Inc
> twitter: alexvk2009
> <http://www.cloudera.com/company/press-center/hadoop-world-nyc/>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Steve Lewis <lo...@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> We are trying set up a cluster using the latest Cloudera  
>> distribution. The
>> issue is that IT will not give us root
>> access to the systems in the cluster. The people trying to set up the
>> cluster report that it is not possible
>> to configure a cloudera distribution without root access - also
>> as of their 0.20 release, the information in /etc/default/ 
>> hadoop-0.20 will
>> overwrite any environment variables you specify.)
>>
>> Has anyone done this??
>>
>> --
>> Steven M. Lewis PhD
>> 4221 105th Ave Ne
>> Kirkland, WA 98033
>> 206-384-1340 (cell)
>> Institute for Systems Biology
>> Seattle WA
>>

Re: Is there a way to use the Cloudera Distribution without root access

[Alex Kozlov <al...@cloudera.com>]

Hi Steven,

It is entirely possible to configure Hadoop to run in the user space (with
the exception of the security-enabled CDH3b3, but any prior to this should
work).  You will not be able to install it from RPMs since it requires root
access, but it should work from a tarball distribution.  You should even be
able to start/stop the whole cluster with a single {start,stop}-all.sh
command from $HADOOP_HOME/bin directory if you distribute ssh keys and
enable passwordless ssh (I don't know if your admins will frown on this as
well).  The service scripts in /etc/init.d obviously will be off limits.

Let us know if you have any specific questions.

--
Alex Kozlov
Solutions Architect
Cloudera, Inc
twitter: alexvk2009
<http://www.cloudera.com/company/press-center/hadoop-world-nyc/>


On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Steve Lewis <lo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We are trying set up a cluster using the latest Cloudera distribution. The
> issue is that IT will not give us root
> access to the systems in the cluster. The people trying to set up the
> cluster report that it is not possible
> to configure a cloudera distribution without root access - also
> as of their 0.20 release, the information in /etc/default/hadoop-0.20 will
> overwrite any environment variables you specify.)
>
> Has anyone done this??
>
> --
> Steven M. Lewis PhD
> 4221 105th Ave Ne
> Kirkland, WA 98033
> 206-384-1340 (cell)
> Institute for Systems Biology
> Seattle WA
>