Installing Cloudera VM
Installing Cloudera VM
Installing Cloudera VM
Turning on Virtualization
If you have not used Virtualization before, you need to “enable virtualization”.
You can follow the article
here: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US
&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003944
VirtualBox
1. Download VirtualBox from the internet.
a. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/downloads
2. Install VirtualBox by using the executable downloaded in Step 1.
Cloudera
3. Download Cloudera VM from the internet.
4. https://www.cloudera.com/downloads/quickstart_vms/5-10.html
5. Unzip the file you downloaded in Step 3. You will find two files as shown
below:
Note: The sizes of the files could be different. These sizes are for the zip file that is
meant for Virtual Box. If you download the zip meant for VMWare, for example,
the sizes may be different.
Creating the VM
6. Double click on the .ovf file that was extracted in the previous step. It will
open VirtualBox and you will see a dialog like the one shown below:
Launching Cloudera Instance in a VM
If you would like, you can change the “Name” and “Virtual Disk Image”
properties. The second one tells the computer where to store the image
file. Make sure there is at least about 10 GB or more to accommodate this
file. Click on “Import” to start the process.
When the “import” is successful, you should see a dialog like the one
below:
Launching Cloudera Instance in a VM
To start the Virtual Machine you just imported, selected the VM (as shown
above) and click on “Start” (in the tool bar above).
Mapping a folder
Terminal
e. Reboot the machine and on the desktop, you should see the
shared folder created. It would typically be of the form
“sf_<foldername>. You would be able to open the shared
folder and move files from/to host/guest.
You are now ready to start working with the Virtual Machine.