djarpin / VODAbox

Vagrant On-Database Analytics Sandbox

VODAbox

Vagrant On-Database Analytics Sandbox

VODAbox combines a Scientific Linux virtual machine with PostgreSQL, PL/Python, PL/R, and MADlib to allow for extremely easy experimentation with on-database analytics.

Installation

1. Download and install VirtualBox
2. Download and install Vagrant
3. Create a new folder on your computer to hold shared documents for VODAbox
4. cd to this directory and run vagrant init
5. Run vagrant box add <VODAbox> http://lyte.id.au/vagrant/sl6-64-lyte.box
6. Pull codes from this git repository into the new folder
7. Run vagrant up
8. Run vagrant ssh
9. Use something like PuTTY to log into your virtual machine with the ssh information given by the above
10. Within PuTTY cd /vagrant login as "su" (password = vagrant) and run ./finish_install.sh then log-out of root
11. Start Postgres with the command sudo service postgresql-9.2 start
12. Run codes in examples using the command psql -d maddb -f filename.sql

Overview

A presentation on VODAbox given at the Champaign Urbana Database User Group on April 3rd, 2014.