The document provides steps to install Hadoop using a virtual machine and Cloudera quickstart VM, configure Hadoop, and run a sample word count program on Hadoop to count the words in a file. It describes downloading required software, starting the Cloudera VM, checking the Hadoop installation, obtaining sample code and input data, executing the word count jar on Hadoop to process the input file and generate output, and creating a custom word count Java program, compiling it to a JAR file and running it on Hadoop.