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Getting Started with YARN

Dremio's YARN quickstart provides details about how to install a Dremio YARN deployment using an RPM or Tarball.

tip

Review the System Requirements before you get started.

Install the Coordinator Node​

You can install the coordinator using an RPM or Tarball.

Installing via RPM​

  1. Download the RPM from Dremio Downloads.

  2. Open a terminal and go to the directory where you saved the RPM.

  3. Install using yum.

sudo yum install dremio-community-LATEST.noarch.rpm
  1. Start Dremio.
sudo service dremio start
note

Optionally, when running Dremio on a single laptop/machine that may experience network or IP changes, the following line can be added to dremio.conf under /etc/dremio/ to allow Dremio to keep working: registration.publish-host: "localhost"

Installing via Tarball​

  1. Download the Tarball from Dremio Downloads.

  2. Open a terminal and go to the directory where you saved the Tarball.

  3. Extract the Tarball.

tar -xf dremio-community-LATEST.tar.gz
  1. Navigate to the bin folder.
cd dremio-comunity-<version>/bin
  1. Start Dremio
./dremio start

Set up YARN​

  1. Open the Dremio console at http://localhost:9047.

  2. Click Settings in the left sidebar, click Engines, and then click Add Engine.

  1. Configure the available options according to the following:

    • Hadoop Engine: Select your preferred engine.

    • This is a secure engine: This option can be left as is.

    • Engine Name: Enter a name for the engine.

    • Resource Manager: Provide the Resource manager address of the Hadoop environment.

    • NameNode: Provide the NameNode address of the Hadoop environment.

    • Spill Directories: Provide a location for Dremio to spill operators like Aggs and Sorts.

    • Queue: Specify the Yarn queue where Dremio containers will be created.

    • Workers: The number of Dremio executors (containers) to be created on the Hadoop data nodes.

    • Cores per Worker: Number of CPUs per Dremio executor (container).

    • Memory per worker: Memory per Dremio executor (container).

    • Additional Properties: Specify any additional custom JVM arguments to be passed.

    • Cloud Cache: Location to write the Dremio Cloud Cache file.

  2. Click Add.

  3. Add sources to your deployment and you are ready to run queries.