Install superset on EC2

getting-started-with-superset-airbnb-data-exploration-platform.md

Getting Started With Superset: Airbnb’s data exploration platform

These instructions are for Amazon Linux Version 2

Update Python and PIP versions on EC2 (Amazon AMI)

sudo yum update -y
sudo yum install python3 -y

Adjust PATH

Add below lines to ~/.bashrc

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
alias python=python3

source ~/.bashrc

Update PIP & other OS dependencies for Superset

sudo apt-get install --reinstall build-essential
sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ python3-devel cyrus-sasl-devel
pip3 install cchardet==1.0.0

Validate Python and PIP

Check Python and PIP

$ python -V
Python 3.5.1

$ pip -V
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (python 3.5)

Setup Superset

Install superset

sudo pip3 install superset

Create an admin user (you will be prompted to set username, first and last name before setting a password)

fabmanager create-admin --app superset

Initialize the database

superset db upgrade

Load some data to play with

superset load_examples

Create default roles and permissions

superset init

Start the web server on port 8088, use -p to bind to another port

superset runserver -p 8080

Adjust security group to allow http port

http://<EC2 Public DNS>:8080/

References:

• https://github.com/ApacheInfra/superset/blob/master/docs/installation.rst
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34103119/upgrade-pip-in-amazon-linux