Spark Cluster on Google Compute Engine - DataProc

Cloud Dataproc is a Spark and Hadoop service running on Google Compute Engine. It is a managed service. Cloud Dataproc automation helps create clusters quickly, manage them easily, and save money by turning clusters off when you don't need them.

In this section, we will learn how to create a Spark cluster using DataProc and running a Sample app on it.

Make sure that you have created a Google Compute Engine account and installed Google Cloud SDK (https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/).