Hi @SwasBigData    HDP was the fully open source distribution of the Apache Hadoop data analysis platform offered commercially by Hortonworks prior to its merger with Cloudera in January 2019. The "Sandbox" is just a version of the HDP binaries configured for VMware or VirtualBox machines (and Docker containers, as well).   Why is it called the sandbox? From Learning the Ropes of the HDP Sandbox: The Sandbox is a straightforward, pre-configured learning environment that contains the latest developments from Apache Hadoop, specifically the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP). The Sandbox comes packaged in a virtual environment that can run in the cloud or on your personal machine. The intent of the HDP Sandbox is to facilitate learning by developers and operators new to Hadoop by drastically reducing the effort involved in getting a Hadoop cluster up and running.   The current product is CDP, Cloudera Data Platform, the last letter is P, not H (previously Cloudera marketed a distribution of Hadoop called CDH; as a completely open-source software distribution, CDH happens to still be available). The free trial you mentioned is probably for CDP, not CDH. I am not aware of a CDH free trial.   There are currently two "form factors" of CDP, one for Public Cloud Services using AWS or Azure, and another for Data Center deployment. The version of CDP Public Cloud for GCP has not yet been released.   If you have a lot of understanding of build and deployment tools, you can, with some effort, install and configure CDP Data Center (or HDP or CDH, for that matter) on GCE VMs. Once the 60 day trial was over, you'd need to acquire a subscription to continue using CDP Data Center. The way to get details for how much this would cost is to reach out to a Cloudera Sales Representative.     ... View more

@Mondi ,   If I am mistaken when I assume that as a minor release, CDH 6.3.3 does not change the overall Python version dependencies established by CDH 6.x in general, I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than me will weigh in here. If I am not mistaken, you can check the dependencies at this page, under the subheading Software Dependencies. Hope this helps.     ... View more

Hi @EltonMesquit    Previously, there was a so-called Quickstart VM installation that collected the bits for CDH 5.13 on a self-contained virtual machine, but now it is not available despite what you might think when you see various hyperlinks on the Cloudera website labeled "QuickStart VMs". To the best of my knowledge there was never a CDH 6.3.x-version of the Quickstart VM generally available to the public.   If you'd like to try installing CDH 6.3.x in a non-production environment for proof-of-concept purposes, you can find the instructions on the Cloudera docs site, but be sure to choose CDH 6.3.2 or earlier if your company does not have a current Cloudera support subscription (the repository is in a different place for versions 6.3.3 and later).   The up-to-date product is Cloudera Data Platform, and you can download a trial version of CDP to install on-premises here.   If, for whatever reason, you must have a VM-based installation of Hadoop, I strongly recommend you migrate to the HDP Sandbox, but that will not have the same version of each of the Hadoop ecosystem components as the now unavailable CDH Quickstart VM. Most of them will be more recent in the Sandbox.     ... View more

Hi @SwasBigData  We understand that there exists a lot of third- and fourth-party documentation and videos that show the Cloudera Quickstart VMs, however Cloudera in particular and Hadoop in general have moved on. We are in a transition period away from that version of the Cloudera Quickstart VM, as it was extremely outdated and nearing end of support.   As you noted, the up-to-date product is Cloudera Data Platform, which you can download at that URL. If you really must have a VM-based distribution of Hadoop, I strongly recommend you migrate to the HDP Sandbox.     ... View more