[HBASE-1904] Add tutorilal for installing HBase on Windows using Cygwin as a test and development environment

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.20.2, 0.90.0
• Component/s: documentation

Environment

Operating System: windows
Tools: Cygwin

• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: WimVanLeuven has: foreseen a cygwin.html to sit next to the overview.html in the sourcetree so it can be linked from within the Java doc
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Wim Van Leuven
• Created: 12/Oct/09 22:17
• Updated: 12/Oct/12 06:13
• Resolved: 10/Nov/09 05:06

Description

Installing HBase on Windows using Cywin is more than just unpacking the distributables and running the shell scripts. Sure, Windows is for testing and development, only, but the complexity might scare new comers. A proper how-to guide should help a lot.