How to do it...

Perform the following steps to set up a Hadoop environment using the Cloudera QuickStart VM:

  1. Visit the Cloudera QuickStart VM download site (you may need to update the link as Cloudera upgrades its VMs; the current version of CDH is 5.3) at http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera/en/downloads/quickstart_vms/cdh-5-3-x.html:
A screenshot of the Cloudera QuickStart VM download site
  1. Depending on the virtual machine platform installed on your OS, choose the appropriate link (you may need to update the link as Cloudera upgrades its VMs) to download the VM file:

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