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Apache Sqoop documentation
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Apache Sqoop is a tool designed for efficiently transferring data betweeen structured, semi-structured and unstructured data sources. Relational databases are examples of structured data sources with well defined schema for the data they store. Cassandra, Hbase are  examples of semi-structured data sources and HDFS is an example of unstructured data source that Sqoop can support.

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User Guide
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If you are excited to start using Sqoop you can follow the links below to get a quick overview of the system

- `Sqoop 5 Minute Demo <Sqoop5MinutesDemo.html>`_
- `Command Line Shell Usage Guide <CommandLineClient.html>`_
- `Connectors <Connectors.html>`_
- `Security Guide <SecurityGuideOnSqoop2.html>`_

Developer Guide
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If you are keen on contributing to Sqoop and get your hands dirty building connectors or interesting UI/applications for Sqoop internals check out the links below

- `Building Sqoop 2 <BuildingSqoop2.html>`_
- `Sqoop Development Environment Setup <DevEnv.html>`_
- `Developing a Sqoop Connector with Connector API <ConnectorDevelopment.html>`_
- `Developing Sqoop application with REST API <RESTAPI.html>`_
- `Developing Sqoop application using Sqoop Java Client API <ClientAPI.html>`_


Administrator Guide
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If you are a admin trying to set up Sqoop, check out the links below

- `Sqoop Server and Client Installation <Installation.html>`_
- `Sqoop Server Upgrade <Upgrade.html>`_
- `Sqoop Tools <Tools.html>`_

Sqoop Project Details
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- `Download Apache Sqoop <http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/sqoop>`_
- `Sqoop Apache Wiki <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SQOOP/Home>`_
- `Sqoop Issue Tracking (JIRA) <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SQOOP>`_
- `Sqoop Source Code <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=sqoop.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/sqoop2>`_