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Pentaho develops shims to support different Hadoop distributions. The most popular shims are already included with the software and the rest are available for download. The downloaded shims need to be installed manually. These instructions assume that you have already downloaded the shim you wish to install. If you have not, or don't understand what any of this means, you should read Configuring Pentaho for your Hadoop Distro and Version (Pentaho Suite Version 5.1).

Installation steps

These steps apply to installing a shim into the DI and BA Servers as well as the design tools Spoon, Report Designer, and Metadata Editor.

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To set this new shim as the active Hadoop configuration, go to Set Active Hadoop Distribution.