Context I'm working on setting up a Hadoop cluster consisting of multiple VMs (for testing and development purposes) on a local desktop machine. I have a proof of concept working, where I installed Cloudera Manager manually and then setup the cluster. But now I'd like to automate it.   Problem To automate this process, I need to be able to script the installation of Cloudera Manager, so that it works without manual intervention. Using Cloudera Director doesn't seem to be an option for this use case, because we're not running the cluster on any cloud provider (AWS, Azure, etc.). Is there any way to automate the Cloudera Manager installation for a local desktop? ... View more