oozie Installation Guide Installation Guide

oozie is a free and open-source workflow scheduler. Oozie provides workflow scheduler for Hadoop jobs

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 4GB minimum

Storage: 10GB for data

Network: HTTP/REST

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 11000 (default oozie port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install oozie
sudo dnf install -y oozie

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now oozie

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=11000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
oozie --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install oozie
sudo apt install -y oozie

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now oozie

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 11000

# Verify installation
oozie --version

bash

# Install oozie
sudo pacman -S oozie

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now oozie

# Verify installation
oozie --version

bash

# Install oozie
apk add --no-cache oozie

# Enable and start service
rc-update add oozie default
rc-service oozie start

# Verify installation
oozie --version

bash

# Install oozie
sudo zypper install -y oozie

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now oozie

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=11000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
oozie --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install oozie

# Start service
brew services start oozie

# Verify installation
oozie --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install oozie

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'oozie_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service oozie start

# Verify installation
oozie --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install oozie

# Or using Scoop
scoop install oozie

# Verify installation
oozie --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/oozie

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
oozie --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable oozie

# Start service
sudo systemctl start oozie

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop oozie

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart oozie

# Check status
sudo systemctl status oozie

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u oozie -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add oozie default

# Start service
rc-service oozie start

# Stop service
rc-service oozie stop

# Restart service
rc-service oozie restart

# Check status
rc-service oozie status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'oozie_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service oozie start

# Stop service
service oozie stop

# Restart service
service oozie restart

# Check status
service oozie status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start oozie
brew services stop oozie
brew services restart oozie

# Check status
brew services list | grep oozie

powershell

# Start service
net start oozie

# Stop service
net stop oozie

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service oozie
Stop-Service oozie
Restart-Service oozie

# Check status
Get-Service oozie

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream oozie_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:11000;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name oozie.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name oozie.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/oozie.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/oozie.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://oozie_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName oozie.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://oozie.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName oozie.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/oozie.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/oozie.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:11000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:11000/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend oozie_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/oozie.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend oozie_backend

backend oozie_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server oozie1 127.0.0.1:11000 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R oozie:oozie /etc/oozie
sudo chmod 750 /etc/oozie

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=11000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status oozie

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u oozie -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep oozie)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/oozie"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/oozie-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/oozie /var/lib/oozie

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/oozie-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop oozie

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/oozie/oozie-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start oozie

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u oozie -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/oozie/oozie.log

# Check configuration
oozie --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/oozie

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 11000

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 11000

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep oozie)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep oozie)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 11000

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  oozie:
    image: oozie:latest
    ports:
      - "11000:11000"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/oozie
      - ./data:/var/lib/oozie
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update oozie

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade oozie

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu oozie

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade oozie

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update oozie

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade oozie

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/oozie-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/oozie

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart oozie

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/oozie

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/oozie -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/oozie

Official Documentation: https://docs.oozie.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/oozie/oozie

Community Forum: https://forum.oozie.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.oozie.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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