Problem with copying local data onto HDFS on a Hadoop cluster using Amazon EC2/ S3

Question

I have setup a Hadoop cluster containing 5 nodes on Amazon EC2. Now, when i login into the Master node and submit the following command

bin/hadoop jar 

        

Answer 1

You can also you Apache Whirr for this workflow. Check the Quick Start Guide and the 5 minutes guide for more info.

Disclaimer: I'm one of the committers.