Apache Spark Cluster on Google Compute Engine Instance

Aditya Choudhary
May 8, 2016 · 3 min read

Recently I thought of using the 8 cores and 52 GB RAM of my free google VM for Apache Spark cluster. There are several guides available on internet for setting up Spark on physical machines but none of them works completely for the Compute Engine. This guide attempts to provide direct , step by step solution to setup Spark on Compute Engine Instance.

Note: I have a…