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There are Here is an overview of the four main steps for installing Ambari and HDP using VirtualBox and Vagrant:

1. Install VirtualBox and Vagrant. (These two steps Installation only need needs to be done once unless you want to upgrade VirtualBox and/or Vagrant.)
2. Start one or more VMs, each representing a node in a cluster.
3. Download, install, and deploy the version of Ambari you wish to use.
4. From Ambari, deploy the version of HDP you wish to use. 

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Vagrant is a tool that makes it easier to work with virtual machines. It helps automate the work of setting up, running, and removing virtual machine environments. Vagrant makes it easy for us to Using Vagrant, you can install and run a pre-configured preconfigured cluster environment for with Ambari and the HDP stack.

1. Download and install VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. Note: as of 4/25/16 Vagrant doesn't work with the latest version of VirtualBox. We recommend installing an older (4.x) version of VirtualBox. This Quick Start has been tested on 4.3.34.
   
   
2. Download and install Vagrant from httphttps://downloadswww.vagrantup.com/downloads.html.
   

3. Clone the ambari-vagrant GitHub repository into a convenient folder on your Mac. The repository contains scripts for setting up Ambari virtual machines on several Linux distributions.
   From the command-line:

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   git clone https://github.com/u39kun/ambari-vagrant.git

   The repository contains scripts for setting up Ambari virtual machines on several Linux distributions.
   
   

4. Edit the /etc/hosts file on your computer so that you will be able to resolve hostnames for the VMs:

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   sudo -s 'cat ambari-vagrant/append-to-etc-hosts.txt >> /etc/hosts'

5. Create a private key to use with Ambari.
   The vagrant command displays Vagrant command information, and then it creates a private key in the file ~/.vagrant.d/insecure_private_key.

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   vagrant

   
   

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