© Subhashini Chellappan, Dharanitharan Ganesan 2018
Subhashini Chellappan and Dharanitharan GanesanPractical Apache Sparkhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3652-9_2

2. Single and Multinode Cluster Setup

Subhashini Chellappan1  and Dharanitharan Ganesan2
(1)
Bangalore, India
(2)
Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India
 

This chapter explains how to install Apache Spark on a single and multinode cluster. The recommended background for this chapter is to have some prior experience with basic Unix commands.

By end of this chapter, you will be able to do the following:

  • Set up a single and multinode spark cluster.

  • Understand the various configurations in the Spark cluster setup.

  • Perform basic administration activities on the Spark cluster.

Note

We recommend following the ...

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