The Cloudera Quickstart VM is a pre-configured, all-in-one virtual machine that runs CentOS 6 or 7 and includes a single-node version of CDH (Cloudera Distribution Including Apache Hadoop). It comes packed with:
The magic of the Quickstart VM is that it allows you to run all these services on a single machine, typically consuming 4GB to 8GB of RAM, making it perfect for a laptop or desktop learning environment.
Cloudera now recommends using their Docker images for the same CDH 5.13 distribution: cloudera quickstart vm 5.13 0 0-virtualbox zip download
docker pull cloudera/quickstart:latest
docker run --hostname=quickstart.cloudera --privileged=true -t -i -p 8888:8888 -p 7180:7180 cloudera/quickstart /usr/bin/docker-quickstart
hadoop jar /usr/lib/hadoop-mapreduce/hadoop-mapreduce-examples.jar wordcount /user/cloudera/input /user/cloudera/output
Click Start. The VM boots into CentOS 6/7 (depending on exact build). Login credentials:
For root access: sudo su - (password for cloudera user is also cloudera). The Cloudera Quickstart VM is a pre-configured, all-in-one
| Option | Why use it | |------------|----------------| | Cloudera Docker Image (CDH 5.13) | Lighter, no VirtualBox overhead. | | CDP Data Center Trial | Modern replacement (CDP 7.x). | | Apache Bigtop VM | Up-to-date Hadoop stack. |
If your goal is learning CDH 5.13 specifically, the QuickStart VM is still valid. For new projects, avoid it (EOL since ~2018). The magic of the Quickstart VM is that
Use a download manager (like wget -c on Linux or Free Download Manager on Windows) to avoid corruption given the file size. The download can take anywhere from 20 minutes to a few hours depending on your connection.