public static void baseSetup() throws Exception {
    MiniDFSShim dfs = ShimLoader.getHadoopShims().getMiniDfs(conf, 4, true, null);
    fs = dfs.getFileSystem();
    baseDfsDir = new Path(new Path(fs.getUri()), "/base");
    fs.mkdirs(baseDfsDir);
    warehouseDir = new Path(baseDfsDir, "warehouse");
    fs.mkdirs(warehouseDir);
    conf.setVar(ConfVars.METASTOREWAREHOUSE, warehouseDir.toString());

    // Assuming the tests are run either in C or D drive in Windows OS!
    dataFileDir =
        conf.get("test.data.files")
            .replace('\\', '/')
            .replace("c:", "")
            .replace("C:", "")
            .replace("D:", "")
            .replace("d:", "");
    dataFilePath = new Path(dataFileDir, "kv1.txt");

    // Set up scratch directory
    Path scratchDir = new Path(baseDfsDir, "scratchdir");
    conf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.SCRATCHDIR, scratchDir.toString());

    // set hive conf vars
    conf.setBoolVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_SUPPORT_CONCURRENCY, false);
    conf.setBoolVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_WAREHOUSE_SUBDIR_INHERIT_PERMS, true);
    conf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.DYNAMICPARTITIONINGMODE, "nonstrict");
    int port = MetaStoreUtils.findFreePort();
    MetaStoreUtils.startMetaStore(port, ShimLoader.getHadoopThriftAuthBridge());

    SessionState.start(new CliSessionState(conf));
    driver = new Driver(conf);
    setupDataTable();
  }