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Big Data Architect???s Handbook

You're reading from Big Data Architect???s Handbook A guide to building proficiency in tools and systems used by leading big data experts

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788835824

Length 486 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Hadoop

Concepts

Big Data

Author (1):

Akhtar

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Preface

1. Why Big Data? FREE CHAPTER

2. Big Data Environment Setup

3. Hadoop Ecosystem

4. NoSQL Database

5. Off-the-Shelf Commercial Tools

6. Containerization

7. Network Infrastructure

8. Cloud Infrastructure

9. Security and Monitoring

10. Frontend Architecture

11. Backend Architecture

12. Machine Learning

13. Artificial Intelligence

14. Elasticsearch

15. Structured Data

16. Unstructured Data

17. Data Visualization

18. Financial Trading System

19. Retail Recommendation System

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Index

Sqoop

Sqoop is an open source tool that is used to import and export data between different relational databases and Hadoop ecosystems. As you know, the stable version of Sqoop is 1.4.7 and we will be using this version in our scenario. It is managed under the umbrella of Apache Projects. Let's start with the installation of Sqoop.

Installation

The installation of Sqoop is pretty straightforward. First, download the Sqoop application by executing the following command:

$ cd ~/
$ wget http://www.apache.org/dist/sqoop/1.4.7/sqoop-1.4.7.bin__hadoop-2.6.0.tar.gz

The following screenshot illustrates the output of these commands:

Download the Sqoop application

Now, execute the following command to extract the tar archive:

$ tar -zxvf sqoop-1.4.7.bin__hadoop-2.6.0.tar.gz

This will create a folder called sqoop-1.4.7.bin__hadoop-2.6.0 and extract all the files to it. It's now time to do the related configuration. Execute the following command to edit the bashrc file in order to include the Sqoop installation...

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Authors (1)

Akhtar

Akhtar

Syed Muhammad Fahad Akhtar has 12+ years of industry experience in analysis, designing, developing, integrating, and managing large applications in different industries. He has vast exposure of working in UAE, Pakistan, and Malaysia and is currently working in ASIT Solutions as a solution architect. He received his masters from Torrens University, Australia, and bachelor of science in computer engineering from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST), Pakistan.

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