Installing the CDAP Sandbox Virtual Machine Image

To use the Virtual Machine image:

• Download and install either Oracle VirtualBox or VMWare player to your environment.

• Download the CDAP Sandbox Virtual Machine (Sandbox VM) at https://cdap.io/get-started/.

• Import the downloaded .ova file into either the VirtualBox or VMWare Player.

The CDAP Sandbox Virtual Machine is configured with the recommended settings for CDAP Sandbox:

• 4 GB of RAM

• Ubuntu Desktop Linux

• 40 GB of virtual disk space

It has pre-installed all the software that you need to run and develop CDAP applications:

• The CDAP Sandbox is installed under /opt/cdap/sandbox and will automatically start when the virtual machine starts.

• A Java JDK is installed.

• Maven is installed and configured to work for CDAP.

• Both IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse IDE are installed and available through desktop links once the virtual machine has started.

• Links on the desktop are provided to the CDAP Sandbox, CDAP UI, CDAP Examples, and CDAP documentation.

• The Chromium web browser is included. The default page for the CDAP UI, available through a desktop link, is http://localhost:11011/.

No password is required to enter the virtual machine; however, should you need to install or remove software, the admin user and password are both cdap.

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.

CDAP Sandbox Metadata

All CDAP metadata is stored in the cdap/data directory. As a best practice, consider backing up the entire data directory on a regular basis.