Inside of that script I will have as the first line: $ docker run -v `pwd`:`pwd` -v hadoop:/hadoop -name hdp25-demo-sandbox -hostname "" -privileged -d \ In this scenario I'm going to create a directory called /Users/ /Development/hdp25-demo-sandbox where I will create my create_container.sh script. In doing this, you can copy the docker run command above into a script called create_container.sh and you simply change the -name option to be unique and correspond to the directory the script is in. I typically recommend creating working directories for each of your docker containers, such as /Users//Development/sandbox or /Users//Development/hdp25-demo-sandbox. If you would like to mount local drives on the host to your sandbox, you need to add another -v option to the command above. Note: Mounting local drives to the sandbox $ docker run -v hadoop:/hadoop -name sandbox -hostname "" -privileged -d \ The run command both creates and starts the container. Start the container: The first time you start the container, you need to create it via the run command. Sandbox latest fc813bdc4bdd 3 days ago 14.57 GBĤ. Verify the image was successfully imported: $ docker images If your Docker daemon is not running, you may see the following: $ docker imagesĮrror response from daemon: Bad response from Docker engineĢ. You should see something similar to this: $ docker images You can verify by typing: $ docker images You can follow this article for more information: Stepsġ. I personally find things are better with 10-12GB of RAM. NOTE: You should adjust your Docker configuration to provide at least 8GB of RAM. HDP 2.5 on Hortonworks Sandbox (Docker Version).This tutorial was tested using the following environment and components: You should already have downloaded the Docker version of the Hortonworks Sandbox (Read more here Hortonworks Sandbox).You should already have installed Docker for Mac.The second article can be found here: HCC Article Prerequisites This tutorial is part one of a two part series. This tutorial walks you through the process of installing the Docker version of the HDP 2.5 Hortonworks Sandbox on a Mac.