Awesome, Thanks a ton for helping us all and futuristic planning,
Much appreciate it, Regards, Kartik On May 21, 2015 4:41 PM, "Marco Shaw" <marco.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Hi Spark Devs and Users,BerkeleyX and Databricks are currently developing > two Spark-related MOOC on edX (intro > <https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-big-data-apache-spark-uc-berkeleyx-cs100-1x>, > ml > <https://www.edx.org/course/scalable-machine-learning-uc-berkeleyx-cs190-1x>), > the first of which starts on June 1st. Together these courses have over > 75K enrolled students!To help students perform exercises course content, we > have created a Vagrant box that contains Spark and IPython (running on > Ubuntu 32-bit). This will simplify user setup and helps us support them. > We are writing to give you early access to the VM environment and the first > assignment, and to request your help to test out the VM/assignment before > we unleash it to 75K people (see instructions below). We’ve provided > instructions below. We’re happy to help if you have any difficulties > getting the VM setup; please feel free to contact me (marco.s...@gmail.com > <marco.s...@gmail.com>) with any issues, comments, or > questions.Sincerely,Marco ShawSpark MOOC TA_____________(This is being sent > as an HTML formatted email. Some of the links have been duplicated just in > case.)1. Install VirtualBox here > <https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads> on your OS (see Windows > tutorial here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Sf-m64fcY> > (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Sf-m64fcY > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Sf-m64fcY>))2. Install Vagrant here > <https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html> on your OS (see Windows tutorial > here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVS23BaA1I> > (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVS23BaA1I > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVS23BaA1I>))3) Install virtual machine > using the following steps: (see Windows tutorial here > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJCqHC7IYc> > (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJCqHC7IYc > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuJCqHC7IYc>))a. Create a custom directory > (e.g. c:\users\marco\myvagrant or /home/marco/myvagrant)b. Download the > file > <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spark-mooc/mooc-setup/master/Vagrantfile> > to the custom directory (NOTE: It must be named exactly "Vagrantfile" with > no extension)c. Open a DOS prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac/Linux) to the > custom directory and issue the command "vagrant up"4) Perform basic > commands in VM as described below: (see Windows tutorial here > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkteLH77IR0> > (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkteLH77IR0 > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkteLH77IR0>))a. To start the VM, from a > DOS prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac/Linux), issue the command "vagrant > up".b. To stop the VM, from a DOS prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac/Linux), > issue the command "vagrant halt".c. To erase or delete the VM, from a DOS > prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac/Linux), issue the command "vagrant > destroy".d. Once the VM is running, to access the notebook, open a web > browser to "http://localhost:8001 <http://localhost:8001/>".5) Using test > notebook as described below: (see Windows tutorial here > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlfAmyF3Q-s> > (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlfAmyF3Q-s > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlfAmyF3Q-s>))a. To start the VM, from a > DOS prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac/Linux), issue the command "vagrant > up".b. Once the VM is running, to access the notebook, open a web browser > to "http://localhost:8001 <http://localhost:8001/>".c. Upload this IPython > notebook: > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spark-mooc/mooc-setup/master/vm_test_student.ipynb > <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spark-mooc/mooc-setup/master/vm_test_student.ipynb>.d. > Run through the notebook.6) Play around with the first MOOC assignment > (email Marco for details when you get to this point).7) Please answer the > following questionsa. What machine are you using (OS, RAM, CPU, age)?b. How > long did the entire process take?c. How long did the VM download take? > Relatedly, where are you located?d. Do you have any other > comments/suggestions?* >
