+1 on listing various sandboxes on download page. As Vlad pointed out, there are examples in Hadoop and other Apache projects with vendor sponsored/provided sandboxes:
Kudu - http://kudu.apache.org/docs/quickstart.html Drill - https://drill.apache.org/docs/installing-the-apache-drill-sandbox/ Eagle - http://eagle.apache.org/docs/deployment-in-sandbox.html If there is a vendor willing to contribute time and effort to make Apache Apex easier to consume, I think it benefits all Apex users. Thanks, Sasha On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Vlad Rozov <[email protected]> wrote: > I would argue that a link to a vendor sandbox or a download that makes it > easier to jump start with Apex and promotes adoption is OK. For example > Hadoop provides links to HDP and CDH sandboxes: > https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/QuickStart. Additionally, bigtop sandbox > does not seem to support VirtualBox out of the box, so why not to list both? > > Thank you, > > Vlad > > > On 4/7/17 09:09, Thomas Weise wrote: > >> I disagree. Apex documentation is not the place to promote vendor >> offerings. >> >> I suggested to refer to the download page, which already contains the >> DataTorrent link. >> >> Thomas >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Pramod Immaneni <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Dean, >>> >>> There aren't many good options out there for users to get an environment >>> up >>> with apex apps running easily or quickly. We all know how difficult it >>> would be for someone new to get an application up and running even if >>> they >>> had a hadoop sandbox with apex. Also, for many when they download a >>> sandbox >>> they not only want to be able to run something in a few steps, but also >>> have easy to use tools and see something visually. My suggestion is to >>> keep >>> both the sandboxes. You can put the bigtop sandbox first in the list as >>> it >>> is vendor neutral. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Dean Lockgaard <[email protected] >>> > >>> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>>> >>>> In the Sandbox section of the Apache Apex Development Environment Setup >>>> documentation ( >>>> https://apex.apache.org/docs/apex/apex_development_setup/#sandbox), >>>> instructions are provided for a vendor-specific Sandbox. >>>> >>>> I would like to propose that these instructions be changed to reference >>>> >>> the >>> >>>> Apache Apex Sandbox instead, which is an Apache Bigtop build and >>>> >>> available >>> >>>> via docker at https://hub.docker.com/r/apacheapex/sandbox. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Dean >>>> >>>> >
