Running the MapR Container for Developers Script

Describes how to run the setup script that downloads the Docker image and launches the Docker container.

About this task

The MapR Container for Developers script, mapr_devsandbox_container_setup.sh, downloads the Docker image associated with the container and launches the container image that starts the MapR cluster. It also performs the configuration steps needed to connect local MapR clients to the MapR cluster running in the container.

Procedure

Download mapr_devsandbox_container_setup.sh from GitHub.

Modify the script so it is executable:

chmod +x mapr_devsandbox_container_setup.sh

Run the script. The following command uses the default values for the host network interface and image. By default, the script runs the latest version of the container, maprtech/dev-sandbox-container:latest,:
```
./mapr_devsandbox_container_setup.sh
```
To run an earlier version, replace latest with the tag corresponding to the version you want to use, and pass that as an argument to the script. The following example runs the 6.0.1 version:
```
./mapr_devsandbox_container_setup.sh maprtech/dev-sandbox-container:6.0.1_5.0.0_ubuntu16
```
For a list of available tags, see https://hub.docker.com/r/maprtech/dev-sandbox-container/tags/.

NOTE The script can take 5-10 minutes to run the first time you run it. It requires downloading the Docker image from the Docker repository.

When the Docker image is running, you see the following output:

Docker Container is coming up....
Client has been configured with the docker container.

Please login to the container using (root password mapr): ssh root@localhost -p 2222
Login to the Control System at https://localhost:8443

Wait for the AdminApplication java process to start by viewing the output from jps:

root@maprdemo:~# jps
3472 WardenMain
28369 Jps
5105 CLDB
13810 RunJar
28259 FsShell
13235 AdminApplication
3232 QuorumPeerManager
12280 Drillbit
14122 RunJar

Generate a user ticket:

# maprlogin password
[Password for user 'root' at cluster 'maprdemo.mapr.io': ]
MapR credentials of user 'root' for cluster 'maprdemo.mapr.io' are written to '/tmp/maprticket_0'

When AdminApplication is running, you can access the MapR Control System in your browser using the following URL:
```
https://localhost:8443 
```
After all MapR services are running, you can access the file system by using POSIX commands, with /mapr as your mount point. The following steps show how to determine that all services are running:
1. Determine the id of your Docker container by examining the output from the following command:
```
docker ps
```
2. Examine the contents of the Docker logs by using the container id from Step 8a:
```
docker logs ca2c94d9e822
```
3. It can take a few minutes for all services to initialize, depending on the load in your environment. A message similar to the following in your log output indicates that all services are running:
```
This container IP : 172.17.0.2
```
4. Log in to the container using the command from Step 5.
5. Run the following command to access the MapR file system using ls:
```
root@maprdemo:~# ls /mapr
```

What to do next

NOTE Whenever you change your network environment, you must reconfigure your container. Rerun the mapr_devsandbox_container_setup.sh script, and select option 2 when the script shows the following prompt:

MapR sandbox container is already running.
1. Kill the earlier run and start a fresh instance
2. Reconfigure the client and the running container for any network changes
Please enter choice 1 or 2 :