Greenplum Database Sandbox Builder

Packer-Based Virtual Appliance Build Tool for the Greenplum Database

Requirements:

• Packer
• Virtual Box and/or VMware Fusion
• Greenplum Database Binaries
• Greenplum Command Center Binaries
• MADLib Binaries
• PL/R, PL/Perl, PL/Java Binaries
• Apache Zepplin Binaries (tar ball)

Modifications Required:

• Change the following entry in the gpdb-sandbox.json file to point to the
  absolute path of the directory where you have stored the binaries. Make
  sure and end the “source” entry with a /. This keeps the directory
  structure the tool is expecting intact.

  {
        "type": "file",   
        "source": "/Users/dbaskette/Software/GREENPLUM/",   
        "destination": "/tmp/bins/"  
  }

1. Install Packer
2. Clone Repo
3. Modify json to point to binary location
4. execute: packer build -force gpdb-sandbox-multi.json or to build either vbox or vmware add “-only=vbox” or “-only=vmware”

This will generate the OVA which can then be imported into VirtualBox, and/or a zip file for use with VMware