Installing HttpFS

About this task

This procedure uses package managers to download and install HttpFS from the MapR Repository.
NOTE: Prerequisite Verify that the MapR repository is properly set up and that MapR is installed. For more details on setting up repositories, see Prepare Packages and Repositories. The HttpFS package is available in the following repository: http://package.mapr.com/releases/ecosystem-5.x/
Execute the following commands as root or using sudo.

Procedure

  1. Update the list of available packages:
    • Ubuntu
      # apt-get update
    • RedHat/CentOS
      # yum update
    • SUSE
      # zypper refresh
  2. Install the mapr-httpfs package:
    • Ubuntu
      # apt-get install mapr-httpfs
    • RedHat/CentOS
      # yum install mapr-httpfs
    • SUSE
      # zypper install mapr-httpfs
  3. Start the HttpFS service: 
    sudo -u mapr /opt/mapr/httpfs/httpfs-1.0/sbin/httpfs.sh start