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Docker environments are available for a variety of platforms. Download and install Docker for your platform by following the platform-specific installation instructions from Docker.com, and verify that the Docker environment is working and has started correctly.
Note: For the Mac OS X method below, you might need to run brew install docker-machine if you haven’t already.
If you are not running on Linux, you will need to create and start a Docker Virtual Machine (VM) before you can use containers. For example:
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This will start the container (in the foreground, the default), enable debugging, name it cdap-sandbox-debugging, and set the proxying of ports.
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To begin building CDAP applications, have our recommended software and tools installed in your environment.
Building and Running CDAP Applications
See Building and Running CDAP Applications for information on accessing the CDAP CLI and CDAP Local Sandbox bin utilities, building examples, starting CDAP, and deploying, starting, and stopping applications.
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