Ask Ghassem - Recent activity in Cloud Computing

Answered: List of free Qwiklabs labs

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 23:51:28 +0000

Answer selected: How to activate hive interpreter for Apache Zeppelin on Dataproc on GCP?

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 14:14:24 +0000

We can activate Hive interpreter by creating a new interpreter with some changes in the properties and dependencies

1. Set hive.url as
jdbc:hive2://localhost:10000

2. Remove username and password (keep them empty)

3. Set hive.driver property as:
org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver

4. Adding two artifact under dependencies tab:
org.apache.hive:hive-jdbc:0.14.0
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:2.6.0

You can watch this video for more explanations and code is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqhoLWVdwU

Answered: How to directly download a file into HDFS?

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:25:35 +0000

Yes, please use curl as follows:

curl -sS https://www.google.com/robots.txt | hadoop fs -put - /robots.txt

It downloads the robots.txt file and put it directly to /robots.txt on your HDFS. You can check it by running the following command afterward:

hadoop fs -ls /

Commented: How to add delimiter to an existing table in HIVE so as to get proper table format data ?

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:13:14 +0000

I did try this but it is not working for me.

Answered: How to see Hive terminal history of commands?

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:53:58 +0000

Yes, you need to get to your home directory (by running cd ~), and then run the following command:

cat .hivehistory

You can also save it to a file by:

cat .hivehistory > hivehistory.txt

Answered: After creating a Cloud Dataproc cluster on GCP can I adjust it?

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 21:07:20 +0000

Yes, it is possible. The documentation is available in this URL.

"After creating a Cloud Dataproc cluster, you can adjust ("scale") the cluster by increasing or decreasing the number of primary or secondary worker nodes in the cluster. You can scale a Cloud Dataproc cluster at any time, even when jobs are running on the cluster."

Answered: How to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for free as a student?

Mon, 20 May 2019 12:03:31 +0000

Hey! In 2015, Amazon announced that its cloud service (AWS) was free to use by students and educators. Amazons Web Service provides a ton of labs, tutorials, training, open source content, and cloud space!

Check it out here:

https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/

Hope this helps!

Answered: What to install on a Linux VPS to remotely work with it?

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 02:32:13 +0000

If you want a very light version because you probably have a limited RAM you can go for TightVNC + Xorg + Fluxbox + GNU IceCat. Otherwise, just install XFace or GNOME and connect remotely using VNC.

Answered: What is the best place to start working with IBM Watson Assistant?

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:16:47 +0000

I believe the best place to start learning about IBM Watson Assistant service is their about page. The service is always evolving, and the best place to learn about the latest changes is official documentation. After learning about terms used in this service, such as "skill", "intent" or "entity", it is recommended that you start with Getting Started Tutorial and follow the path to learn more about the service.

Answered: How to get academic license to access IBM cloud services?

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:43:58 +0000

You need to access https://ibm.onthehub.com/ , and request for an academic license using your official email address of your institute. IBM Cloud Promo Code is a free code for educational purposes and you will add it to your cloud account based on the procedure described after checking out on the onthehub service.