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How to setup cloudera virtual machine

rammohan610 — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 05:41:20 GMT

Hi, I am trying to install cloudera virtual machine in my windows laptop. I downloaded VMware (which is around 4.6 GB). Can you please help me with what should I do next to get that activated and running? Thanks in advance

Re: How to setup cloudera virtual machine

Sean — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:37:56 GMT

You need to unzip what you downloaded, and then open the .vmx file in
VMware.

Re: How to setup cloudera virtual machine

rammohan610 — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:46:38 GMT

Hi, sorry if this is a dumb question. I am very new to this. I have unzipped all the files and I also see vmx files. Now I should open this file with which application?

Re: How to setup cloudera virtual machine

Sean — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:01:31 GMT

VMware Workstation / Player or VMware Fusion (versions that are believed to
work well are documented here:
http://www.cloudera.com/content/www/en-us/documentation/enterprise/latest/topics/cloudera_quickstart_vm.html).
If you don't have one of these product, you won't be able to run the
QuickStart VM for VMware. You can try them out here:
http://www.vmware.com/products/. Another option is the VirtualBox version
which just requires VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/.

Re: How to setup cloudera virtual machine

rammohan610 — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:05:00 GMT

Thanks for your reply. Does that mean if I install Virtual box, I can open this VMX file with that?

Re: How to setup cloudera virtual machine

Sean — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:11:56 GMT

No - you would need to download the VirtualBox version of the VM and open
the .ovf file with "File -> Import Appliance..."

Re: How to setup cloudera virtual machine

cjervis — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:41:55 GMT

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