This document provides instructions for configuring a single node Hadoop deployment on Ubuntu. It describes installing Java, adding a dedicated Hadoop user, configuring SSH for key-based authentication, disabling IPv6, installing Hadoop, updating environment variables, and configuring Hadoop configuration files including core-site.xml, mapred-site.xml, and hdfs-site.xml. Key steps include setting JAVA_HOME, configuring HDFS directories and ports, and setting hadoop.tmp.dir to the local /app/hadoop/tmp directory.