Infoworks Replicator 4.0
Getting Started
Infoworks Replicator
RELEASE NOTES

On-premise Installation

Prerequisites

Supported Operating Systems

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Versions 7.x
  • Ubuntu - Version 18.04

Supported Hadoop Distributions

  • HDP - Versions 2.x
  • HDP - Versions 3.x

Installation Procedure

  1. Create Infoworks user if it does not already exist.

Note: Make sure a dedicated user is available for Infoworks replicator and the user is available in Kerberos database.

  1. Create IWHOME directory: sudo mkdir /opt/infoworks
  2. Change IW HOME directory permissions to Infoworks User:

sudo chown -R infoworks: /opt/infoworks

  1. Switch to Infoworks user: sudo su - infoworks
  2. Perform the following:

Download and Extract Installer

  • Download the installer tar ball: wget https://infoworks-setup.s3.amazonaws.com/4.0/deploy_4.0.0.tar.gz
  • Extract the installer: tar -xvf deploy_4.0.0.tar.gz
  • Navigate to installer directory: cd iw-installer

Configure Installation

  • Run the following command: ./configure_install.sh

Enter the details for each prompt:

  • Hadoop distro name and installation path (If not auto-detected)
  • Infoworks user
  • Infoworks user group
  • Infoworks installation path
  • Infoworks HDFS home (path of home folder for Infoworks artifacts)
  • Hive schema for Infoworks sample data
  • IP address for accessing Infoworks UI (when in doubt use the FQDN of the Infoworks host)
  • HiveServer2 thrift server hostname
  • Hive user name
  • Hive user password

Run Installation

Install Infoworks: ./install.sh -v <version_number>

NOTE

  • For HDP 2.x, RHEL7, replace <version_number> with 4.0.0-rhel7
  • For HDP 3.x, RHEL7, replace <version_number> with 4.0.0-hdp-rhel7
  • For HDP 2.x, Ubuntu 18.04, replace <version_number> with 4.0.0-ubuntu1804
  • For HDP 3.x, Ubuntu 18.04, replace <version_number> with 4.0.0-hdp-ubuntu1804

The installation logs are available in <path_to_Infoworks_home>/iw-installer/logs/installer.log.