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| 2 | = The Vespa Appliance (Virtual Machine) = |
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| 7 | [//appliance/VespaAppliance.ova Download the Vespa appliance] |
| 8 | }}} |
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| 11 | We provide a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine virtual machine] |
| 12 | appliance preloaded with Vespa. If you have virtualization software (like |
| 13 | [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox], |
| 14 | [http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ VMWare], |
| 15 | or [http://www.parallels.com/ Parallels]), the Vespa appliance allows you to |
| 16 | try Vespa without first installing all of Vespa's dependencies. |
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| 18 | You can use the appliance for as long as you like, but if you like Vespa we |
| 19 | recommend you install it directly on your computer. Vespa runs faster on |
| 20 | real hardware. |
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| 22 | == Using the Appliance == |
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| 24 | First, you need virtualization software if you don't already have that |
| 25 | installed. We use [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] which is free and |
| 26 | open source. |
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| 28 | Once you have virtualization software installed, |
| 29 | [//appliance/VespaAppliance.ova download the appliance]. |
| 30 | Next, follow your virtualization software's |
| 31 | instructions for importing an appliance. |
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| 33 | For instance, under VirtualBox, select File/Import Appliance... from the menu |
| 34 | and follow the prompts. You shouldn't need to change any values from their |
| 35 | defaults. |
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| 37 | == Copying Files onto the Appliance == |
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| 39 | There are four ways to get your data onto the appliance. |
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| 41 | 1. Put your data files somewhere on the Web and then download them using the Web browser installed in the appliance. |
| 42 | 1. Email the files to yourself and use the Web browser installed in the appliance to read that mail and download the attachments. |
| 43 | 1. Share your host's file system with the appliance. See the documentation for your virtualization software for instructions on how to do this. |
| 44 | 1. Enable USB support. See the documentation for your virtualization software for instructions on how to do this. |
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