Collect Information
To deploy your HDP installation, you need the following information:
- The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for each host in your system, and the components you want to set up on each host. You can use - hostname -fto check for the FQDN.
- If you install Hive/HCatalog, you need the hostname, database name, username, and password for the metastore instance. ![[Note]](../common/images/admon/note.png) - Note - If you are using an existing instance, the dbuser you create for HDP must be granted ALL PRIVILEGES on that instance. 

