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This repository contains example projects to help you quickly get started with Spark as a Service, using spark-submit.sh.

Also see this repository for example projects for IBM BigInsights for Apache Hadoop.

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Pre-requisites

Mandatory

• Access to a Bluemix Spark service instance (e.g. free tier)
• Your local machine is OS/X or Linux (Cygwin should work on Windows - see here)
• Java 8 JDK installed on your local machine
• Git client installed on your local machine
• You are comfortable running commands in the terminal or console

Optional

• Cloudant account details (e.g. Free tier on Bluemix)
• dashDB account details (e.g. Free tier on Bluemix)
• Objectstore container details (e.g. Free tier on Bluemix, or Softlayer account)
• Elasticsearch cluster (e.g. Free trial on Compose.io)

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Setup Instructions

• Clone this repository git clone https://github.com/snowch/bluemix-spark-examples.git
• Copy connection.properties_template to connection.properties
• Save your vcap.json in the cloned folder (see the vcap.json_template for an example and the bluemix docs for more information)
• Follow the instructions in the README.md for your chosen example

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Testing

• Follow the above setup instructions making sure to add connection properties for all services you wish to test.
• Run ./gradlew check

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please send a pull request or contact me at chris.snow@uk.ibm.com to get involved.