In this blog, I want to introduce you to Bitnami!
About Bitnami
Bitnami is a catalog of 120+ ready-to-use Web applications and development stacks, available as virtual machines, native installers, cloud images, containers and Helm charts.
VMware acquired Bitnami on 15th May 2019.
About Bitnami
Bitnami is a catalog of 120+ ready-to-use Web applications and development stacks, available as virtual machines, native installers, cloud images, containers and Helm charts.
VMware acquired Bitnami on 15th May 2019.
There are different ways in which you, as a developer, can use Bitnami. However, one of the easier ways is to use it for offline development on your laptop. This document outlines the steps to get started with Bitnami applications for offline development.
Deployment Options
You can deploy and use a Bitnami application in two ways:
Use a Bitnami Virtual Machine
Assumptions and Prerequisites: You have VMware Workstation/Player/Virtualbox installed and configured.
Steps
- Create and activate an account on You will need to provide an email address as part of the activation process; you can use either your official or personal email address.
- Select the "Products -> Application Catalog" menu item and search for the required application, such as "mysql" or "mongodb"
- On the application detail page, click the "Virtual Machines" tab and download the OVA file for the application. This file can be used with VMware Workstation/Player.
- Launch VMware Workstation/Player. Click "Import", select the downloaded OVA file from the previous step.
- Once the virtual machine starts, log in to the console with these credentials:
Username: bitnami
Password: bitnami
- After login, change the password for security reasons.
- Further Reading
Bitnami Virtual Machines
Bitnami Kubeapps
