How to Load Data for Hadoop into the Hortonworks Sandbox
Summary:
This tutorial describes how to load data into the Hortonworks sandbox.
The Hortonworks sandbox is a fully contained Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) environment. The sandbox includes the core Hadoop components (HDFS and MapReduce), as well as all the tools needed for data ingestion and processing. You can access and analyze sandbox data with many Business Intelligence (BI) applications.
In this tutorial, we will load and review data for a fictitious web retail store in what has become an established use case for Hadoop: deriving insights from large data sources such as web logs. By combining web logs with more traditional customer data, we can better understand our customers, and also understand how to optimize future promotions and advertising.
“Big data” applications are fun to read about but aren’t really interesting until your data has been loaded.
If you don’t have the Hortonworks Sandbox you need to get it: Hortonworks Sandbox.