Setting up and configuring the Pentaho node dist, Kettle (PDI) and Reporting

Preconfigured Packages

These instructions are specific to the MapR distribution of Hadoop, if you are not using MapR, go to the Configure Pentaho for Cloudera and Other Hadoop Versions page.

Client Configuration

MapR Client

1. Follow installation instructions provided by MapR for your architecture: Setting up the Client - MapR

Kettle Client

1. Download and extract Kettle CE from the Downloads page.
2. Configure PDI Client for MapR
   1. Overview:
      1. The MapR native libraries for your architecture must be added to the java.library.path
      2. MapR Hadoop Configuration directory needs to be on the classpath
      3. MapR Hadoop Core library must be on the classpath
   2. All architectures
      1. Update the $PDI_HOME/launcher/launcher.properties's classpath property to include the relative path to your MapR configuration directory. e.g.: classpath=../:../ui:../ui/images:../libext/mondrian/config:${HADOOP_HOME}/conf:../libext/bigdata/pigConf:../../../../opt/mapr/conf
      2. Delete $PDI_HOME/libext/bigdata/hadoop-0.20.2-core.jar
      3. Copy $MAPR_HOME/hadoop/hadoop-0.20.2/lib/hadoop-0.20.2-dev-core.jar into $PDI_HOME/libext/bigdata
      4. Copy $MAPR_HOME/hadoop/hadoop-0.20.2/lib/maprfs-0.1.jar into $PDI_HOME/libext/bigdata
   3. Linux x64
      1. Update the $PDI_HOME/spoon.sh with the attached spoon.sh
      2. Update the $PDI_HOME/pan.sh with the attached pan.sh
      3. Update the $PDI_HOME/kitchen.sh with the attached kitchen.sh
      4. Update the $PDI_HOME/carte.sh with the attached carte.sh
   4. Mac OS X 64-bit
      1. Update the Data Integration 64-bit.app/Content/Info.plist with the attached Info.plist

Report Designer

1. Download and extract PRD from the Downloads page.
2. Configure PRD for MapR
   1. Delete $PRD_HOME/lib/jdbc/hadoop-0.20.2-core.jar
   2. Copy $MAPR_HOME/hadoop/hadoop-0.20.2/lib/hadoop-0.20.2-dev-core.jar into $PRD_HOME/lib
   3. Copy $MAPR_HOME/hadoop/hadoop-0.20.2/lib/maprfs-0.1.jar into $PRD_HOME/lib
   4. Linux x64:
      1. Add "-Djava.library.path=/opt/mapr/hadoop/hadoop-0.20.2/lib/native/Linux-amd64-64" to the last line in $PRD_HOME/report-designer.sh
   5. For MacOS:
      1. Add "-Djava.library.path=/opt/mapr/hadoop/hadoop-0.20.2/lib/native/Mac_OS_X-x86_64-64" to the "VMOptions" entry in $PRD_HOME/Pentaho\ Report\ Designer.app/Contents/Info.plist