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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 https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html.
   

3. Clone the ambari-vagrant GitHub repository into a convenient folder on your Mac. 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 Add virtual machine hostnames and addresses to the /etc/hosts file on your computer so that you will be able to resolve hostnames for the VMs. The following command copies a set of host names and addresses from ambari-vagrant/append-to-etc-hosts.txt to the end of the /etc/hosts files:

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

5. Create Use the vagrant command to create a private key to use with Ambari. :

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   vagrant

   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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Start Linux Virtual Machines

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