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.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