Getting Started with Big Data Technologies Using an Oracle VM

3rd Jun 2018 Big Data ODI12c Oracle Big Data Oracle GoldenGate

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If you have been wanting to get started with Big Data and felt overwhelmed with all the lingo and technologies, the Oracle Big Data Lite VMs are a smaller version of Oracle's Big Data Appliance and they come pre-installed with all the software one would need to get started.

Components included on Oracle Big Data Lite 4.11

Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.9
Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Enterprise Edition (12.1.0.2)
Cloudera Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH5.13.1)
Oracle Big Data Connectors 4.11
Oracle Data Integrator 12c (12.2.1.3.0)
Oracle GoldenGate 12c (12.3.0.1.2)
Oracle NoSQL Database Enterprise Edition 12cR1 (4.5.12)

Getting Started

Do a Google search for "oracle big data lite" and you will get a choice to download either the more stable version (4.2.1) or the latest version (4.11). Once you get to the main page, accept the license agreement then download the Deployment Guide, the zip files for the VM and Oracle VirtualBox.

As a Data Integration enthusiast, the journey begins with Tame Big Data using Oracle Data Integration HOL. This HOL will walk you through the use of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) with Big Data Connectors, which supports native code generation for Pig Latin, Spark, and Oozie standards.