generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://cdap.io/get-started/
summary: >-
  CDAP publishes a downloadable local "Sandbox" (formerly Standalone/Local Sandbox) for
  development and evaluation — a single-node CDAP that runs the full platform, UI, and HTTP
  RESTful API locally. It is explicitly not for production and is not patched once deployed.
distributions:
- kind: standalone-zip
  platforms: [linux, macosx]
  description: Standalone ZIP archive of CDAP for local evaluation; unpack and run bin/cdap sandbox start.
  download: https://github.com/cdapio/cdap/releases
  latest: 6.11.1
- kind: docker
  platforms: [linux, macosx, windows]
  image: caskdata/cdap-sandbox
  registry: https://hub.docker.com/r/caskdata/cdap-sandbox
  description: Pre-built Docker image of the CDAP Sandbox.
- kind: virtual-machine
  format: ova
  requires: Oracle VirtualBox
  versions_range: 6.1.4 - 6.11.1
  description: Pre-built VM images (.ova) of the CDAP Sandbox.
local_endpoints:
  ui: http://localhost:11011
  rest_api_gateway: http://localhost:11015
  rest_api_base_path: /v3/namespaces
requirements:
- Chrome browser
- Apache Maven 3.0+ (to build example applications)
- Java (JDK) runtime for the sandbox
cloud_alternative:
  name: Google Cloud Data Fusion Developer Edition
  url: https://cloud.google.com/data-fusion
  note: Cloud-native managed CDAP; the Developer Edition can be spun up from the Google Cloud Console.
caveats:
- The Sandbox is not intended for production use.
- No patching is available for Sandbox/VM images once deployed.