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Dendoncker
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November 19, 2025
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Cloudera base on premises free trial (60 days)

Hello, All!

I am sorry if the questions seems stupid, but I am a newbie. 

Is it possible to install cloudera on premises free trial version for on a single laptop for learning purposes?

Or i need a cluster of laptops to be able to run cloudera and hadoop services? 

venkatsambath
Gold ⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 19, 2025

Unfortunately the pre-requisite states "multiple interconnected linux machine" for on-prem private cloud.

Quoting from doc:

Pre-requisites: Creating a Cloudera Base on premises cluster requires multiple, Internet-connected Linux machines. For details please see the CDP system requirements.

Link: https://www.cloudera.com/downloads/cdp-private-cloud-trial/cdp-private-cloud-base-trial.html

If you have a beefy laptop with multiple VM's installed, then that can be used.

However we have demo  cluster for different DataServices in public cloud. Link is https://www.cloudera.com/products/cloudera-public-cloud-trial.html

This link covers a demo on installing Cloudera Base on AWS: https://www.cloudera.com/services-and-support/tutorials/how-to-create-a-cdp-private-cloud-base-development-cluster.html

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DianaTorres
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 19, 2025

@Dendoncker Welcome to the Cloudera Community!

To help you get the best possible solution, I have tagged our CDP experts @venkatsambath @abdulpasithali @upadhyayk04  who may be able to assist you further.

Please keep us updated on your post, and we hope you find a satisfactory solution to your query.

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venkatsambath
Gold ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gold ⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 19, 2025

Unfortunately the pre-requisite states "multiple interconnected linux machine" for on-prem private cloud.

Quoting from doc:

Pre-requisites: Creating a Cloudera Base on premises cluster requires multiple, Internet-connected Linux machines. For details please see the CDP system requirements.

Link: https://www.cloudera.com/downloads/cdp-private-cloud-trial/cdp-private-cloud-base-trial.html

If you have a beefy laptop with multiple VM's installed, then that can be used.

However we have demo  cluster for different DataServices in public cloud. Link is https://www.cloudera.com/products/cloudera-public-cloud-trial.html

This link covers a demo on installing Cloudera Base on AWS: https://www.cloudera.com/services-and-support/tutorials/how-to-create-a-cdp-private-cloud-base-development-cluster.html

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DianaTorres
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 21, 2025

@Dendoncker Has the reply helped resolve your issue? If so, please mark the appropriate reply as the solution, as it will make it easier for others to find the answer in the future.  Thanks.

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Regards, Diana Torres, Senior Community Moderator