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Get Started with Apache Atlas
Quick Summary
“Open Metadata Management and Governance for Hadoop and beyond”
Best for: Organizations using Hadoop
Time to first integration: 10 minutes
📋Prerequisites
- ✓Node.js 18+ installed
- ✓A Apache Atlas account — sign up here
- ✓An existing project (Next.js, React, or Node.js recommended)
Setup Steps
3 steps1
1
Install Apache Atlas
Download and install Apache Atlas from the official website.
bash
wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/atlas/atlas-2.1.0-bin.tar.gz2
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Configure Atlas
Edit the configuration files to connect Atlas to your Hadoop ecosystem.
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3
Start Atlas services
Run the startup script to launch Atlas services.
bash
./bin/atlas_start.pyCommon Gotchas
Watch out for these issues in your first week.
Atlas not starting due to port conflicts
Fix: Ensure no other services are using the default ports or configure Atlas to use different ports.
Metadata not visible in UI
Fix: Verify that the data source is correctly configured and that Atlas has the necessary permissions.