Using Hive with Apache HBase
Hive is an ETL engine for HBase/Hadoop. It has an SQL-like query language, popularly known as Hive QA for SELECT(read) and INSERT(write). The main objective is to do ad hoc analysis on Petabyte-level data. Hive integration was originally introduced in HIVE-705.
Getting ready
- HBase and Hadoop cluster should be up and running.
Download Hive from https://archive.apache.org/dist/hive/hive-0.12.0/hive-0.12.0.tar.gz, or you can use this command:
wget –o, https://archive.apache.org/dist/hive/hive-0.12.0/hive-0.12.0.tar.gzThis is if you are using the Linux command line.
- Untar it into the location, say
/u/HbaseB - Hive uses an integration interface as HbaseStorageHandler, which enables Hive to talk to HBase (Hive projects need these ...
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