Everything is configured perfectly fine on the real exam for Sqoop to work. It's also configured correctly on the practice exam. If you are having trouble getting the command to work, the solution is in the /home/horton/solutions folder on the Ubuntu instance. Try running the solution. If that fails, please share the error and I can help you from there. ... View more

Hi @Saurabh Singh The only applications running on your local machine during the exam are Chrome and your camera. More important than the processor is your internet connection. You need a very good, consistent internet connection to take the exam. The OS does not matter - Windows is fine. If you want to test out your system, I would highly recommend taking the practice exam. It uses a similar environment and the same VNC protocol of the real exam. You can not take the exam at a pro-metric testing center - the exam is only available online on your own computer. Let me know if you have any more questions. Thanks, Rich ... View more

Hi @Saurabh Singh The pattern of the exam is hands-on, performance based. You will be given an HDP cluster and a collection of tasks. Each task is worth 1 point, and the passing score appears in the exam instructions. For example, the exam might have 7 tasks and you need to get 5 correct to pass. (That is just an example and your actual number of tasks may vary.) You should be able to perform all of the tasks in the exam objectives listed here: http://hortonworks.com/training/class/hdp-certified-developer-hdpcd-exam/ I highly recommend you attempt the practice exam, which uses a similar environment as the real exam and contains tasks similar to the real exam: http://hortonworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/HDPCD-PracticeExamGuide1.pdf We have an FAQ page that contains some useful certification details: http://hortonworks.com/hdp-certified-developer-faq-page/ Let me know if you have any other questions. ... View more

To use Flume, you do not need to edit the flume.conf file. The better way to write a Flume agent is to create your own Flume config file (and save it in whatever folder you like). Then when you start the Flume agent you point it to your config file with the -f flag; for example: flume-ng agent -n my_agent_name -c conf -f my_flume_agent.conf ... View more