How to Contribute
The continuing health of the Apache Hadoop ecosystem is based on contribution and participation from its members—whether that's by participating in mailing lists, contributing code or documents, or just providing advice.
Communicating
Community Forums
Customers and users of Cloudera's platform can post questions, get advice, build online reputations, and generally participate in a wide selection of community discussion forums. These forums are monitored by committers and support personnel.
Mailing Lists
Mailing lists are a good way to share your knowledge with other community members who may need help or advice.
- Cloudera mailing lists (for CDH, Impala, and more)
- Apache mailing lists: see individual projects for mailing list names
- Search-Hadoop: Lucene-based search engine for Hadoop-related mailing list archives
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
IRC is a another good method for group or private discussion; several channels (#hadoop, #hadoop-pig, #hive, #hbase, etc.) are available for Hadoop-related communities.
Participating
User Groups & Meetups
User groups and meetups—around Hadoop, Big Data, Data Science, and Analytics—are the primary gathering points for enthusiasts of all skill levels around the world. See the link below for a directory and sponsorship information.
Social Networks
Sharing your knowledge via social communities and networks is a form of contribution:
Contributing
Contributing to Apache Projects
Most Hadoop-related projects are managed via the Apache Software Foundation; contributions may be made via the Apache JIRA system.
Contributing to non-Apache Projects
- A few projects, such as those not yet incubating at Apache, are managed via Github repositories.
- Fork a Repo: Contributing to Github projects
- Cloudera projects on Github (Hue, Impala, etc.)
