PROBLEM: When opening Zeppelin Ambari View on Sandbox (Virtualbox version), the page is blank. ROOT CAUSE: sandbox.hortonworks.com is what the view tries to redirect the browser to, which is not found if not explicitly set. SOLUTION: On your machine, modify the host file so that 127.0.0.1 sandbox.hortonworks.com is an entry. An alternative is to simply go directly to the web page 127.0.0.1:9995. Operating Systems have different location for hosts file and hence suggest reviewing your operating system's documentation of how to modify the hosts file. ... View more

The current HDP 2.3.2 Sandbox offering on Azure Marketplace has the user and password: user: azure password: azure The current splash page states: user: admin pass: admin which is incorrect. This will be fixed in a future update of the Sandbox. ... View more

When submitting issues in the Sandbox forums, make sure to provide the following information: Describe the problem: Provide stack traces, screen shots and error messages. For instance, "Receiving error 'permission denied' when trying to access file in the File Browser View" Steps to reproduce the issue: Here just provide steps of how you reproduce the behavior you are seeing. What have you done to analyze the issue: For instance, reinstalled Sandbox, cleared cache on my browser etc.. Version: Get the Sandbox Version sandbox-version ... View more

As of HDP 2.3 Sandbox, there is now a another way to determine the version of Sandbox being used. Previously, comparing md5 checksums was one way to compare versions of Sandboxes. Now, one can use the command sandbox-version Running the command in the terminal will output a result such as [root@sandbox azure]# sandbox-version Sandbox information: Created on: 27_10_2015_15_18_06 for vmware Hadoop stack version: Hadoop 2.7.1.2.3.2.0-2950 Ambari Version: 2.1.2 Ambari Hash: 0ef0b7b62cf14eaaff3c5c3f416253f568f323f9 Ambari build: Release : 377 OS Version: CentOS release 6.7 (Final) This is useful when posting issues in the HDP forums regarding the Sandbox. ... View more