This Blog post applies to Microsoft® HDInsight Preview for a windows machine. In this Blog Post, we’ll see how you can browse the HDFS (Hadoop Filesystem)?

1. I am assuming Hadoop Services are working without issues on your machine.

2. Now, Can you see the Hadoop Name Node Status Icon on your desktop? Yes? Great! Open it (via Browser)

3. Here’s what you’ll see:

4. Can you see the “Browse the filesystem” link? click on it. You’ll see:

5. I’ve used the /user/data lately, so Let me browse to see what’s inside this directory:

6. You can also type in the location in the check box that says Goto

7. If you’re on command line, you can do so via the command:

hadoop fs -ls /

And if you want to browse files inside a particular directory:

Official Resource:

HDFS File System Shell Guide

Conclusion

In this post, we saw how to browse Hadoop File system via Hadoop Command Line & Hadoop Name Node Status

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