https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107494#M70352 <P>Any Windows 7.x should be fine. That file has been the same for many different generations of Windows.</P> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:40:58 GMT gmartin 2017-02-15T19:40:58Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107493#M70351 <P>Hello,</P><P>LEARNING THE ROPES OF THE HORTONWORKS SANDBOX mentions steps for WIndows 7..is it applicable to any Windows system? or just Windows 7 and ignore the steps if you have higher versions of Windows?</P><P>For instance:</P><H2>PRE-REQUISITES</H2><UL> <LI>Downloaded and Installed <A href="http://hortonworks.com/downloads/#sandbox">Hortonworks Sandbox</A></LI><LI>Allow yourself around one hour to complete this tutorial</LI><LI>If on mac or linux, added <CODE>sandbox.hortonworks.com</CODE> to your <CODE>/private/etc/hosts</CODE> file</LI><LI>If on <STRONG>windows 7</STRONG>, added <CODE>sandbox.hortonworks.com</CODE> to your <CODE>/c/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts</CODE> file</LI></UL><P>Regards</P><P>Preetha</P> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:12:08 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107493#M70351 preetharvarma 2017-02-15T19:12:08Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107494#M70352 <P>Any Windows 7.x should be fine. That file has been the same for many different generations of Windows.</P> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:40:58 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107494#M70352 gmartin 2017-02-15T19:40:58Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107495#M70353 <P>Thanks. I agree the folders mentioned have been on Windows for generations.May be my question was wrong. I meant to ask are these steps required only if you are on Windows 7 and not on Windows 10. Not sure why they specified WIndows 7 and not just Windows OS. </P><P>Thank You</P> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:47:00 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107495#M70353 preetharvarma 2017-02-15T22:47:00Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107496#M70354 <P>Thanks. I agree the folders mentioned have been on Windows for generations.May be my question was wrong. I meant to ask are these steps required only if you are on Windows 7 and not on Windows 10. Not sure why they specified WIndows 7 and not just Windows OS. </P><P>Thank You</P> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:47:01 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107496#M70354 preetharvarma 2017-02-15T22:47:01Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107497#M70355 <P><A rel="user" href="https://community.cloudera.com/users/15948/preetharvarma.html" nodeid="15948">@Preetha Varma</A>,</P><P>They are needed regardless of the OS your are using. All of the links that the sandbox displays in the gui are pointed to sandbox.hortonworks.com, and these steps allow that name to resolve to your local machine.</P><P>I verified that the file for windows 10 is the same as listed in the document.</P><P>Enjoy!</P><P>John</P> Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:39:00 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/LEARNING-THE-ROPES-OF-THE-HORTONWORKS-SANDBOX-mentions-steps/m-p/107497#M70355 jwhitmore 2017-02-16T06:39:00Z