6. Creating Directories on HDFS

Create the Hive user home directory on HDFS.
Login as $HDFS_USER
hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /user/$HIVE_USER
hdfs dfs -chown $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /user/$HIVE_USER
Create the warehouse directory on HDFS.
Login as $HDFS_USER.
hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /apps/hive/warehouse
hdfs dfs -chown -R $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /apps/hive
hdfs dfs -chmod -R 775 /apps/hive
where:
- $HDFS_USER is the user owning the HDFS services. For example, hdfs.
- $HIVE_USER is the user owning the Hive services. For example, hive.
Create the Hive scratch directory on HDFS.
Login as $HDFS_USER
hdfs dfs -mkdir -p /tmp/hive
hdfs dfs -chown -R $HIVE_USER:$HDFS_USER /tmp/hive
hdfs dfs -chmod -R 777 /tmp/hive
where:
- $HDFS_USER is the user owning the HDFS services. For example, hdfs.
- $HIVE_USER is the user owning the Hive services. For example, hive.