How it works...

There is really not much to configure: Cloudera QuickStart VM has everything you need to get going. As a matter of fact, this is a much simpler solution for Windows users than installing all the necessary environments. However, at the time of writing this book, it only comes with Spark 1.6.0:

Nothing, however, can stop you from upgrading to Spark 2.3.1 by following either the Installing Spark from sources or Installing Spark from binaries recipes we presented earlier in this book.