In this chapter, you will not configure each of the Hadoop framework components yourself. You will run a Docker image, which requires you to install Docker. Currently, Docker runs on Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, but it runs much better on Linux or Mac. Hadoop also runs on Windows but requires you to build it from source, and so it will be much easier to run it on Linux. Also, the Docker image you will use is running Linux, so getting familiar with Linux may be beneficial. In this section, you will learn how to install Linux.
Installing the Hadoop framework
Installing Linux
The first step to set up the Hadoop framework is to install Linux. You will need to get a copy of a Linux operating system. There are many flavors of Linux...