"Big Data looks tiny from Stratosphere."

Stratosphere is a next-generation Big Data Analytics Platform. It combines the strengths of MapReduce/Hadoop with powerful programming abstractions in Java and Scala, and a high performance runtime. Stratosphere has native support for iterations, delta iterations, and programs consisting of workflows of many operations.

Learn more about Stratosphere at http://stratosphere.eu

If you just want to get started with Stratosphere, use the following command to set up an empty Stratosphere Job

curl https://raw.github.com/stratosphere/stratosphere-quickstart/master/quickstart.sh | bash

The quickstart sample contains everything to develop a Stratosphere Job on your computer and run it in a local embedded runtime. No setup needed. Further quickstart guides are at http://stratosphere.eu/quickstart/

Below are three short tutorials that guide you through the first steps: Building, running and developing.

This tutorial shows how to build Stratosphere on your own system. Please open a bug report if you have any troubles!

• Unix-like environment (We use Linux, Mac OS X, Cygwin)
• git
• Maven (at least version 3.0.4)
• Java 6, 7 or 8

git clone https://github.com/stratosphere/stratosphere.git
cd stratosphere
mvn -DskipTests clean package # this will take up to 5 minutes

Stratosphere is now installed in stratosphere-dist/target If you’re a Debian/Ubuntu user, you’ll find a .deb package. We will continue with the generic case.

cd stratosphere-dist/target/stratosphere-dist-0.5-SNAPSHOT-bin/stratosphere-0.5-SNAPSHOT/

The directory structure here looks like the contents of the official release distribution.

This section is for advanced users that want to build Stratosphere for a different Hadoop version, for example for Hadoop Yarn support.

We use the profile activation via properties (-D).

Build the default (currently hadoop 1.2.1) mvn clean package

Build for a specific hadoop v1 version mvn -Dhadoop-one.version=1.1.2 clean package

Build the yarn using the default version defined in the pom mvn -Dhadoop.profile=2 clean package

Build for a specific hadoop v1 version mvn -Dhadoop.profile=2 -Dhadoop-two.version=2.1.0-beta clean package

It is necessary to generate separate POMs if you want to deploy to your local repository (mvn install) or somewhere else. We have a script in /tools that generates POMs for the profiles. Use mvn -f pom.hadoop2.xml clean install -DskipTests to put a POM file with the right dependencies into your local repository.

We will run a simple “Word Count” example. The easiest way to start Stratosphere on your local machine is so-called "local-mode":

./bin/start-local.sh

Get some test data:

 wget -O hamlet.txt http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1787/pg1787.txt

Start the job:

./bin/stratosphere run --jarfile ./examples/stratosphere-java-examples-0.5-SNAPSHOT-WordCount.jar --arguments 1 file://`pwd`/hamlet.txt file://`pwd`/wordcount-result.txt

You will find a file called wordcount-result.txt in your current directory.

(And get a nice execution plan overview for free!)

./bin/start-local.sh
./bin/start-webclient.sh start

Get some test data: wget -O ~/hamlet.txt http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1787/pg1787.txt

• Point your browser to to http://localhost:8080/launch.html. Upload the WordCount.jar using the upload form in the lower right box. The jar is located in ./examples/stratosphere-java-examples-0.5-SNAPSHOT-WordCount.jar.

• Select the WordCount jar from the list of available jars (upper left).

• Enter the argument line in the lower-left box: 1 file://<path to>/hamlet.txt file://<wherever you want the>/wordcount-result.txt

• Hit “Run Job”

To contribute back to the project or develop your own jobs for Stratosphere, you need a working development environment. We use Eclipse and IntelliJ for development. Here we focus on Eclipse.

If you want to work on the scala code you will need the following plugins:

Eclipse 4.x:

• scala-ide: http://download.scala-ide.org/sdk/e38/scala210/stable/site
• m2eclipse-scala: http://alchim31.free.fr/m2e-scala/update-site
• build-helper-maven-plugin: https://repository.sonatype.org/content/repositories/forge-sites/m2e-extras/0.15.0/N/0.15.0.201206251206/

Eclipse 3.7:

• scala-ide: http://download.scala-ide.org/sdk/e37/scala210/stable/site
• m2eclipse-scala: http://alchim31.free.fr/m2e-scala/update-site
• build-helper-maven-plugin: https://repository.sonatype.org/content/repositories/forge-sites/m2e-extras/0.14.0/N/0.14.0.201109282148/

When you don't have the plugins your project will have build errors, you can just close the scala projects and ignore them. o Import the Stratosphere source code using Maven's Import tool:

• Select "Import" from the "File"-menu.
• Expand "Maven" node, select "Existing Maven Projects", and click "next" button
• Select the root directory by clicking on the "Browse" button and navigate to the top folder of the cloned Stratosphere Git repository.
• Ensure that all projects are selected and click the "Finish" button.

Create a new Eclipse Project that requires Stratosphere in its Build Path!

Use this skeleton as an entry point for your own Jobs: It allows you to hit the “Run as” -> “Java Application” feature of Eclipse:

public class Tutorial implements Program {

    @Override
    public Plan getPlan(String... args) {
        // your parallel program goes here
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Tutorial tut = new Tutorial();
        Plan toExecute = tut.getPlan(args);
        long runtime = LocalExecutor.execute(toExecute);
        System.out.println("Runime: " + runtime);
    }
}

Don’t hesitate to ask!

Open an issue on Github, if you found a bug or need any help. We also have a mailing list for both users and developers.

Some of our colleagues are also in the #dima irc channel on freenode.

The Documentation Website has comprehensive documentation for users and contributors. The 0.5 version documentation page describe new features and changes in 0.5 version. The GitHub Wiki has a collection of topics that are in the process of being fleshed out.

Please make edits to the Wiki if you find inconsistencies or Open an issue

This is an active open-source project. We are always open to people who want to use the system or contribute to it. Contact us if you are looking for implementation tasks that fit your skills.

We have a list of starter jobs in our wiki.

We use the GitHub Pull Request system for the development of Stratosphere. Just open a request if you want to contribute.

• Bug reports
• Bug fixes
• Documentation
• Tools that ease the use and development of Stratosphere
• Well-written Stratosphere jobs

Let us know if you have created a system that uses Stratosphere, so that we can link to you.

Stratosphere is a DFG-founded research project. We combine cutting edge research outcomes with a stable and usable codebase. Decisions are not made behind closed doors. We discuss all changes and plans on our Mailinglists and on GitHub.