Azkaban Getting Started

solo server mode

1. set up Solo Server

Grab the azkaban-exec-server package from the downloads page.

Azkaban Solo Server: http://azkaban.github.io/downloads.html

//start the solo server
sudo bin/azkaban-solo-start.sh
//shutdown the solo server 
sudo bin/azkaban-solo-shutdown.sh

Open http://localhost:8081/index on your browser.

2. Set up Azkaban Plugins

Download page : http://azkaban.github.io/downloads.html

HDFS Browser

Extraxct azkaban-hdfs-viewer-2.5.0.tar.gz archive to ./plugins/viewer, rename the directory to hdfs

Modify the ./hadoop/etc/hadoop/core-site.xml
add:

<property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.azkaban.hosts</name>
    <value>*</value>
</property>
<property>
    <name>hadoop.proxyuser.azkaban.groups</name>
    <value>*</value>
</property>

In the directory ./conf generate the keytab key, copy the keystore into ./web

//generate the key
sudo keytool -keystore keystore -alias azkaban -genkey -keyalg RSA

Modify the ./plugins/viewer/hdfs/conf/plugin.properties

Job Types Plugins azkaban-jobtype-2.5.0.tar.gz
Azkaban Security Manager azkaban-hadoopsecuritymanager-2.5.0.jar
Job Summary azkaban-jobsummary-2.5.0.tar.gz
Pig Visualizer azkaban-pigvisualizer-2.5.0.tar.gz
Reportal azkaban-reportal-2.5.0.tar.gz