Creating a Virtual Machine on a local machine

Creating an
Instance

1. Download Oracle Virtual-Box on the local

machine
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
2. Select the correct distribution. (OS X, Windows or Linux)
3. Install Virtual-Box on the System.
4. Download Cloudera Quickstart VM for Virtual-Box.
https://downloads.cloudera.com/demo_vm/virtualbox/cloudera-
quickstart-vm-5.13.0-0-virtualbox.zip
OR
https://cdh-quickvm.s3.amazonaws.com/cloudera-quickstart-v
m-5.13.0-0-virtualbox.zip

5. Unzip its content. (if it is in 7Zip format, use appropriate tools, eg 7Zip
for windows)
6. Start Virtual-Box
7. Click on New
8. Give a name for the virtual machine
9. Select type as Linux

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10. Select version as Other Linux 64 bit
11. Give at least 4GB of memory (Recommended 8GB)
12. Select Use an existing virtual hard disk file.
13. Browse and select the .vmdk file in the un-zipped cloudera folder(refer step 5)
14. Create the virtual machine.
15. After creating the VM, go to settings and general
make ​shared clipboard : bidirectional​ and ​drag and drop : host to guest​.
In System settings go to the CPU and provide the maximum number of CPU
Cores as possible. But the number should not exceed the number of available
physical cores. (This is done for better performance.)

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