Begin the Installation

Run the Installer

1. Log in to the machine with a system user account.
2. Close all other applications.
3. On a shell command line, run the install.sh file from the root directory.
The installer displays the message to verify that the locale environment variables are set.
4. If the environment variables are not set, press n to exit the installer and set them as required.
If the environment variables are set, press y to continue.
5. Press 1 to install Informatica Big Data Suite Products.
The installer displays different options based on the platform you are installing on.
The following options appear:
1. a. Press 1 to run the Pre-Installation System Check Tool.
For more information about running the Pre-Installation (i10Pi) System Check Tool, see Run the Pre-Installation (i10Pi) System Check Tool.
2. b. Press 2 to run the Informatica Kerberos SPN Format Generator.
For more information about running the Informatica Kerberos SPN Format Generator, see Running the SPN Format Generator on Linux.
3. c. Press 3 to run the installer.

Accept Terms and Conditions

1. Read the terms and conditions for Informatica installation and the product usage toolkit and select I agree to the terms and conditions.
Informatica DiscoveryIQ is a product usage tool that sends routine reports on data usage and system statistics to Informatica. Informatica DiscoveryIQ uploads data to Informatica 15 minutes after you install and configure Informatica domain. Thereafter, the domain sends the data every 30 days. You can choose to disable usage statistics from the Administrator tool.
1. a. Press 1 if you do not want to accept the terms and conditions.
2. b. Press 2 to accept the terms and conditions.
2. Version 10.2.1 is for big data products only, such as Big Data Management and Big Data Quality. This version does not support non-big data products, such as PowerCenter or Informatica Data Quality.
1. a. Press 1 and type quit to quit the installation.
2. b. Press 2 to continue the installation.
If you choose to not accept the terms and condition, the installer prompts you to accept the terms and conditions.

Choose the Installation Option

1. Press 3 to install Informatica Enterprise Data Lake.
When you select this option, you can choose to install Only Enterprise Data Lake, Enterprise Data Catalog and Enterprise Data Lake, and Informatica domain services, supporting Big Data Management services, Enterprise Data Catalog, and Enterprise Data Lake.
2. Select whether current version of the Informatica domain services is installed on the node.
1. a. Press 1 if current version of the Informatica domain services is not installed on the node.
2. b. Press 2 if current version of the Informatica domain services is installed on the node.
3. Select the Hadoop cluster type for Enterprise Data Catalog.
1. a. Press 1 to select External cluster type.
2. b. Press 2 to select Embedded cluster type.
If you choose to run on an internal cluster, the installer creates a cluster to run the services.
4. Select whether you have read and accepted terms and conditions to use Java SE Development Kit software.
1. a. Press 1 to not accept the terms and conditions to use Java SE Development Kit software.
2. b. Press 2 to accept the terms and conditions to use Java SE Development Kit software.

Tune the Application Service

1. Select if you want the installer to tune the application services.

Prompt	Description
Select if you want the installer to tune the application services.	Select if you want to tune the services. 1 - No 2 - Yes Select no if you do not want to tune the services. Select yes if you want to tune the services.

If you are joining the node to existing domain, ensure the deployment type you select here is same deployment type as the gateway nodes.
2. Select the deployment type associated with the Informatica environment.

Prompt	Description
1. Sandbox	Choose this option if the environment is used for proof of concepts or as a sandbox environment with minimal users. Sandbox environments are typically configured with 16 cores, 32 GB RAM, and about 50 GB disk space.
2. Basic	Choose this option if the environment is used for low volume processing environments with low levels of concurrency. Basic environments are typically single- or multi-node setups configured with 24 cores, 64 GB RAM, and about 100 GB disk space.
3. Standard	Choose this option if the environment is used for high volume processing but with low levels of concurrency. Standard environments are typically multi-node setups configured with 64 GB RAM, more than 100 GB disk space per node, and 48 cores across nodes.
4. Advanced	Choose this option if the environment is used for high volume processing with high levels of concurrency. Advanced environments are typically multi-node setups configured with 128 GB RAM, more than 100 GB disk space per node, and 96 cores across nodes.

3. Select whether you want to change the deployment type or continue with the current deployment selection.
1. a. Press 1 to change the deployment type.
2. b. Press 2 to continue with the current deployment selection.

Specify the Installation Directory

1. Enter the path to the license key file and press Enter.
2. Enter the installation directory.
The directory names in the path must not contain spaces or the following special characters: @|* $ # ! % ( ) { } [ ] , ; ' Default is /home/toolinst.
Note: Informatica recommends using alphanumeric characters in the installation directory path. If you use a special character such as á or €, unexpected results might occur at run time.
3. Select whether you want to run the pre-validation utility.
1. a. Press 1 to skip the pre-validation utility.
2. b. Press 2 to run the pre-validation utility.
The utility helps you validate the prerequisites to install Enterprise Data Catalog in an embedded cluster. The utility also validates the Informatica domain, cluster hosts, and the Hadoop cluster services configuration.

Perform Pre-validation for the Embedded Hadoop Cluster

1. Select whether you want to enable Kerberos authentication for the cluster.
1. a. Press 1 to configure the Hadoop cluster to run on a network that does not use Kerberos authentication.
2. b. Press 2 to configure the Hadoop cluster to run on a network that uses Kerberos authentication.
If you chose to run on a network that uses Kerberos authentication, enter the Kerberos information.

Property	Description
Keytab Location	Location of the merged user and host keytab file.
Kerberos Configuration File	Location of the Kerberos configuration file.

2. Enter the gateway user name and press Enter. Default is root.
3. Enter the Informatica Hadoop cluster gateway hostname in the following format: <hostname>.<FQDN> and press Enter.
4. Enter the list of comma-separated Informatica Hadoop cluster nodes as shown in the following format: <hostname>.<FQDN>, <hostname1>.<FQDN>, <hostname2>.<FQDN> and press Enter.
5. Enter the Informatica Hadoop cluster gateway port and press Enter. Default is 8080.
Make sure that you do not configure Oracle with port 8080 on the same machine where Informatica Cluster Service runs.
6. Enter the path to the working directory and press Enter. The path indicates the location where you want to mount the Informatica Cluster Service.
The installer starts the pre-validation utility.