Pentaho is one of the few products that run on a Mac. Rick van der Linden, senior analyst and author of the ETL Tools & Data Integration Survey said about Pentaho Data Integration (PDI): “Pentaho is one of the few products that run on a Mac.Pentaho also prides itself on its deep Hadoop integration.”. Browse other questions tagged java pentaho pentaho-spoon pentaho-data-integration or ask your own question. The Overflow Blog The Overflow #36: Community-a-thon. Pentaho, we can transform complex data into meaningful reports and draw information out of them. Pentaho supports creating reports in various formats such as HTML, Excel, PDF, Text, CSV, and xml. Pentaho can accept data from different data sources including SQL databases, OLAP data sources, and even the Pentaho Data Integration ETL tool. The latest version of Pentaho Data Integration is 4.2 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for DB in the Developer Tools category. The app is developed by Pentaho Corporation.
Use the wizard to install PDI. The wizard installs PDI software, the Tomcat web application server, and PostgreSQL, which is the default database that houses the DI Repository. The DI Repository holds audit, scheduling, and solution content data.
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Installation instructions are the same for the Windows, Linux, and Mac platforms.
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To install the software, complete these steps.
- Make sure that you are logged into the computer on which you want to install PDI. You should be logged on with an account that allows you to install software. On Windows, this is typically an account that has administrator privileges. On Linux, use the pentaho account that you created during the Prepare Environment step.
- Download the correct installation wizard's file for your operating system.
- Windows: pdi-5.3.0-x64.exe
- Linux: pdi-5.3.0-x64.bin
- Mac: pdi-5.3.0-x64.app.tar.gz
- If you are using Linux, make sure that you have the appropriate permission to execute the file. Open a Terminal window, navigate to the directory where you just downloaded the file, then enter the following at the prompt.
- Do one of these things to launch the installation wizard.
- If you are on Windows: Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the installation file you just downloaded. Double-click the pdi-5.3.0-x64.exe file to launch it.
- If you are on Mac: Unpack thepdi-5.3.0-x64.app.tar.gz archive, then double click the pdi-5.0.0-x64.app file to start installation.
- If you are on Linux and your computer can display graphics: Open a Terminal window and navigate to the installation file you just downloaded. Enter this command at the prompt, then press Enter.
- If you are on Linux and your computer cannot display graphics: Open a Terminal window and navigate to the installation file you just downloaded. At the prompt enter one of these commands, then press Enter.Enter this command if you have GTK libraries on your system and want to use the GTK Toolkit: Enter this command if you do not have GTK libraries on your system or if you want to use OpenMotif instead:
- The Pentaho Wizard splash screen appears, then the Welcome window. Click Next.
- Read the license agreement. To continue, select I accept the license agreement, then click Next .
- When the Installation Folder window appears, do one of these things.
You cannot install into a directory that already exists. If you try, you will get an error message. If you are using Linux, we do not recommend that you install the software in the
/opt/
directory. The complicated permissions requirements and general isolation from the rest of the system can cause unintended issues to arise if the software is installed there.- Accept the default directory and click Nextto continue.
- Enter a different directory by entering the path in the text box or click Browseto navigate to the place where you want PDI to be installed. Click Nextto continue.
- When the PostgreSQL postgres user password window appears, enter the password you want to assign to the PostgreSQL database's admin user. Do not use these characters in the password because the Wizard cannot process them:
- Click Nextto continue. The Ready to Installwindow appears. Click the Nextbutton to install the software.
- TheGenerating Evaluation Licenses window appears as evaluation licenses are installed. If they are not able to install, a window appears that shows the reasons the evaluation licenses were not installed.
- The Installation in Progress window appears. Make sure the software installs completely before moving on to the next step.
An error occurs if the DI Server port numbers (9092, 9080, 9443, and 5432) are not available on your system and if the additional ports that the wizard has tried are not available. If the wizard cannot find an available port, you are prompted to enter port numbers you want to use.
- The Installation Completewindow appears. Click the Open Pentaho Data Integrationand Begin in Instaviewoptions to view Spoon. Click Finishto end the process.
- Spoon and Instaview are launched.
If you are using Linux, the following error can occur when Spoon or Instaview launches: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Could not load SWT library. Reasons: no swt-mozilla-gtk in java.library.path. If this happens, you need to install libwebkitgtk-1.0 on your system. You can use the command sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 to install the library.
- If you have trouble with the installer, check the Troubleshooting documentation.
Once the installation wizard is complete, the DI Server are running with the default parameters. Terminal windows might remain open after installation. If you close them, the DI Servers stop. On Windows, the DI Server are installed as system services, meaning that they start when you start your computer, and they stop when you shut down your computer. Spoon and other tools must be manually run. In the next step of these instructions there are links to documentation that explains how to start and stop servers manually.
- Status:Closed
- Resolution: Fixed
- Affects Version/s:4.8.0 GA (4.8.0 GA Suite Release)
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- Assignee:
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- Reporter:
- Kurtis Cruzada
Pentaho Data Integration 9.0
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