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Getting Started with Hortonworks Data Platform

by Thomas Henson

Hortonworks is one the largest contributors to the Big Data Analytics Opensource community. This course will demonstrate how to build a big data cluster using Hortonworks hadoop data platform.

What you'll learn

By 2022 the Global Market for Hadoop is predicted to be over 87 Billion. That’s a huge market and one of the reasons Data Engineers are in such high demand. In this course, Getting Started with Hortonworks Data Platform, you will learn how to build a big data cluster using the hadoop data platform.

  • First, you will explore how to navigate your HDP cluster from the Command line.
  • Next, you will discover how to use Ambari to automate your Hadoop cluster.
  • Finally, you will learn how to set up rack awareness for multi server clusters.
By the end of this course, you will be ready to build your own data cluster using Hortonworks Hadoop data platform.

Course FAQ

What is Hortonworks?

Hortonworks is an open-source software designed to manage Big Data and associated processing.

What is big data analytics?

Big data is a field that treats ways to analyze, systematically extract information, and deal with data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing application software.

What will I learn in this Hortonworks course?

In this course, you will learn how to use Ambari, navigate HTTP clusters, set up rack awareness, and learn how to understand Hadoop 3.0. By the end of this course, you will know how to build a Hortonworks data platform cluster.

Are there prerequisites for this course?

Prerequisites for this course would be having Linux installed as well as understanding Linux fundamentals.

What do data engineers do?

Data engineers are responsible for finding trends in data sets and developing algorithms to help make raw data more useful to an enterprise.

About the author

Thomas is a Senior Software Engineer and Certified ScrumMaster. During his career he has been involved in many projects from building web applications to setting up Hadoop clusters. Thomas's specialization is with Hortonworks Data Platform and Agile Software Development. Thomas is a proud alumnus of the University of North Alabama where he received his BBA - Computer Information System and his MBA - Information Systems. He currently resides in north Alabama with his wife and daughter, where ... more

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