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  194. <h1>
  195. Hadoop On Demand: Configuration Guide
  196. </h1>
  197. <div id="minitoc-area">
  198. <ul class="minitoc">
  199. <li>
  200. <a href="#1.+Introduction">1. Introduction</a>
  201. </li>
  202. <li>
  203. <a href="#2.+Sections">2. Sections</a>
  204. </li>
  205. <li>
  206. <a href="#3.+HOD+Configuration+Options">3. HOD Configuration Options</a>
  207. <ul class="minitoc">
  208. <li>
  209. <a href="#3.1+Common+configuration+options">3.1 Common configuration options</a>
  210. </li>
  211. <li>
  212. <a href="#3.2+hod+options">3.2 hod options</a>
  213. </li>
  214. <li>
  215. <a href="#3.3+resource_manager+options">3.3 resource_manager options</a>
  216. </li>
  217. <li>
  218. <a href="#3.4+ringmaster+options">3.4 ringmaster options</a>
  219. </li>
  220. <li>
  221. <a href="#3.5+gridservice-hdfs+options">3.5 gridservice-hdfs options</a>
  222. </li>
  223. <li>
  224. <a href="#3.6+gridservice-mapred+options">3.6 gridservice-mapred options</a>
  225. </li>
  226. <li>
  227. <a href="#3.7+hodring+options">3.7 hodring options</a>
  228. </li>
  229. </ul>
  230. </li>
  231. </ul>
  232. </div>
  233. <a name="N1000C"></a><a name="1.+Introduction"></a>
  234. <h2 class="h3">1. Introduction</h2>
  235. <div class="section">
  236. <p>This document explains some of the most important and commonly used
  237. Hadoop On Demand (HOD) configuration options. Configuration options
  238. can be specified in two ways: a configuration file
  239. in the INI format, and as command line options to the HOD shell,
  240. specified in the format --section.option[=value]. If the same option is
  241. specified in both places, the value specified on the command line
  242. overrides the value in the configuration file.</p>
  243. <p>
  244. To get a simple description of all configuration options, type:
  245. </p>
  246. <table class="ForrestTable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4">
  247. <tr>
  248. <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="codefrag">$ hod --verbose-help</span></td>
  249. </tr>
  250. </table>
  251. </div>
  252. <a name="N10021"></a><a name="2.+Sections"></a>
  253. <h2 class="h3">2. Sections</h2>
  254. <div class="section">
  255. <p>HOD organizes configuration options into these sections:</p>
  256. <ul>
  257. <li> hod: Options for the HOD client</li>
  258. <li> resource_manager: Options for specifying which resource manager
  259. to use, and other parameters for using that resource manager</li>
  260. <li> ringmaster: Options for the RingMaster process, </li>
  261. <li> hodring: Options for the HodRing processes</li>
  262. <li> gridservice-mapred: Options for the Map/Reduce daemons</li>
  263. <li> gridservice-hdfs: Options for the HDFS daemons.</li>
  264. </ul>
  265. </div>
  266. <a name="N10040"></a><a name="3.+HOD+Configuration+Options"></a>
  267. <h2 class="h3">3. HOD Configuration Options</h2>
  268. <div class="section">
  269. <p>The following section describes configuration options common to most
  270. HOD sections followed by sections that describe configuration options
  271. specific to each HOD section.</p>
  272. <a name="N10049"></a><a name="3.1+Common+configuration+options"></a>
  273. <h3 class="h4">3.1 Common configuration options</h3>
  274. <p>Certain configuration options are defined in most of the sections of
  275. the HOD configuration. Options defined in a section, are used by the
  276. process for which that section applies. These options have the same
  277. meaning, but can have different values in each section.
  278. </p>
  279. <ul>
  280. <li>temp-dir: Temporary directory for usage by the HOD processes. Make
  281. sure that the users who will run hod have rights to create
  282. directories under the directory specified here. If you
  283. wish to make this directory vary across allocations,
  284. you can make use of the environmental variables which will
  285. be made available by the resource manager to the HOD
  286. processes. For example, in a Torque setup, having
  287. --ringmaster.temp-dir=/tmp/hod-temp-dir.$PBS_JOBID would
  288. let ringmaster use different temp-dir for each
  289. allocation; Torque expands this variable before starting
  290. the ringmaster.</li>
  291. <li>debug: Numeric value from 1-4. 4 produces the most log information,
  292. and 1 the least.</li>
  293. <li>log-dir: Directory where log files are stored. By default, this is
  294. &lt;install-location&gt;/logs/. The restrictions and notes for the
  295. temp-dir variable apply here too.
  296. </li>
  297. <li>xrs-port-range: Range of ports, among which an available port shall
  298. be picked for use to run an XML-RPC server.</li>
  299. <li>http-port-range: Range of ports, among which an available port shall
  300. be picked for use to run an HTTP server.</li>
  301. <li>java-home: Location of Java to be used by Hadoop.</li>
  302. <li>syslog-address: Address to which a syslog daemon is bound to. The format
  303. of the value is host:port. If configured, HOD log messages
  304. will be logged to syslog using this value.</li>
  305. </ul>
  306. <a name="N1006B"></a><a name="3.2+hod+options"></a>
  307. <h3 class="h4">3.2 hod options</h3>
  308. <ul>
  309. <li>cluster: Descriptive name given to the cluster. For Torque, this is
  310. specified as a 'Node property' for every node in the cluster.
  311. HOD uses this value to compute the number of available nodes.</li>
  312. <li>client-params: Comma-separated list of hadoop config parameters
  313. specified as key-value pairs. These will be used to
  314. generate a hadoop-site.xml on the submit node that
  315. should be used for running Map/Reduce jobs.</li>
  316. <li>job-feasibility-attr: Regular expression string that specifies
  317. whether and how to check job feasibility - resource
  318. manager or scheduler limits. The current
  319. implementation corresponds to the torque job
  320. attribute 'comment' and by default is disabled.
  321. When set, HOD uses it to decide what type
  322. of limit violation is triggered and either
  323. deallocates the cluster or stays in queued state
  324. according as the request is beyond maximum limits or
  325. the cumulative usage has crossed maximum limits.
  326. The torque comment attribute may be updated
  327. periodically by an external mechanism. For example,
  328. comment attribute can be updated by running <a href="hod_admin_guide.html#checklimits.sh+-+Tool+to+update+torque+comment+field+reflecting+resource+limits">
  329. checklimits.sh</a> script in hod/support directory,
  330. and then setting job-feasibility-attr equal to the
  331. value TORQUE_USER_LIMITS_COMMENT_FIELD,
  332. "User-limits exceeded. Requested:([0-9]*)
  333. Used:([0-9]*) MaxLimit:([0-9]*)", will make HOD
  334. behave accordingly.
  335. </li>
  336. </ul>
  337. <a name="N10082"></a><a name="3.3+resource_manager+options"></a>
  338. <h3 class="h4">3.3 resource_manager options</h3>
  339. <ul>
  340. <li>queue: Name of the queue configured in the resource manager to which
  341. jobs are to be submitted.</li>
  342. <li>batch-home: Install directory to which 'bin' is appended and under
  343. which the executables of the resource manager can be
  344. found.</li>
  345. <li>env-vars: Comma-separated list of key-value pairs,
  346. expressed as key=value, which would be passed to the jobs
  347. launched on the compute nodes.
  348. For example, if the python installation is
  349. in a non-standard location, one can set the environment
  350. variable 'HOD_PYTHON_HOME' to the path to the python
  351. executable. The HOD processes launched on the compute nodes
  352. can then use this variable.</li>
  353. <li>options: Comma-separated list of key-value pairs,
  354. expressed as
  355. &lt;option&gt;:&lt;sub-option&gt;=&lt;value&gt;. When
  356. passing to the job submission program, these are expanded
  357. as -&lt;option&gt; &lt;sub-option&gt;=&lt;value&gt;. These
  358. are generally used for specifying additional resource
  359. contraints for scheduling. For instance, with a Torque
  360. setup, one can specify
  361. --resource_manager.options='l:arch=x86_64' for
  362. constraining the nodes being allocated to a particular
  363. architecture; this option will be passed to Torque's qsub
  364. command as "-l arch=x86_64".</li>
  365. </ul>
  366. <a name="N10098"></a><a name="3.4+ringmaster+options"></a>
  367. <h3 class="h4">3.4 ringmaster options</h3>
  368. <ul>
  369. <li>work-dirs: Comma-separated list of paths that will serve
  370. as the root for directories that HOD generates and passes
  371. to Hadoop for use to store DFS and Map/Reduce data. For e.g.
  372. this is where DFS data blocks will be stored. Typically,
  373. as many paths are specified as there are disks available
  374. to ensure all disks are being utilized. The restrictions
  375. and notes for the temp-dir variable apply here too.</li>
  376. <li>max-master-failures: Number of times a hadoop master
  377. daemon can fail to launch, beyond which HOD will fail
  378. the cluster allocation altogether. In HOD clusters,
  379. sometimes there might be a single or few "bad" nodes due
  380. to issues like missing java, missing or incorrect version
  381. of Hadoop etc. When this configuration variable is set
  382. to a positive integer, the RingMaster returns an error
  383. to the client only when the number of times a hadoop
  384. master (JobTracker or NameNode) fails to start on these
  385. bad nodes because of above issues, exceeds the specified
  386. value. If the number is not exceeded, the next HodRing
  387. which requests for a command to launch is given the same
  388. hadoop master again. This way, HOD tries its best for a
  389. successful allocation even in the presence of a few bad
  390. nodes in the cluster.
  391. </li>
  392. </ul>
  393. <a name="N100A8"></a><a name="3.5+gridservice-hdfs+options"></a>
  394. <h3 class="h4">3.5 gridservice-hdfs options</h3>
  395. <ul>
  396. <li>external: If false, indicates that a HDFS cluster must be
  397. bought up by the HOD system, on the nodes which it
  398. allocates via the allocate command. Note that in that case,
  399. when the cluster is de-allocated, it will bring down the
  400. HDFS cluster, and all the data will be lost.
  401. If true, it will try and connect to an externally configured
  402. HDFS system.
  403. Typically, because input for jobs are placed into HDFS
  404. before jobs are run, and also the output from jobs in HDFS
  405. is required to be persistent, an internal HDFS cluster is
  406. of little value in a production system. However, it allows
  407. for quick testing.</li>
  408. <li>host: Hostname of the externally configured NameNode, if any</li>
  409. <li>fs_port: Port to which NameNode RPC server is bound.</li>
  410. <li>info_port: Port to which the NameNode web UI server is bound.</li>
  411. <li>pkgs: Installation directory, under which bin/hadoop executable is
  412. located. This can be used to use a pre-installed version of
  413. Hadoop on the cluster.</li>
  414. <li>server-params: Comma-separated list of hadoop config parameters
  415. specified key-value pairs. These will be used to
  416. generate a hadoop-site.xml that will be used by the
  417. NameNode and DataNodes.</li>
  418. <li>final-server-params: Same as above, except they will be marked final.</li>
  419. </ul>
  420. <a name="N100C7"></a><a name="3.6+gridservice-mapred+options"></a>
  421. <h3 class="h4">3.6 gridservice-mapred options</h3>
  422. <ul>
  423. <li>external: If false, indicates that a Map/Reduce cluster must be
  424. bought up by the HOD system on the nodes which it allocates
  425. via the allocate command.
  426. If true, if will try and connect to an externally
  427. configured Map/Reduce system.</li>
  428. <li>host: Hostname of the externally configured JobTracker, if any</li>
  429. <li>tracker_port: Port to which the JobTracker RPC server is bound</li>
  430. <li>info_port: Port to which the JobTracker web UI server is bound.</li>
  431. <li>pkgs: Installation directory, under which bin/hadoop executable is
  432. located</li>
  433. <li>server-params: Comma-separated list of hadoop config parameters
  434. specified key-value pairs. These will be used to
  435. generate a hadoop-site.xml that will be used by the
  436. JobTracker and TaskTrackers</li>
  437. <li>final-server-params: Same as above, except they will be marked final.</li>
  438. </ul>
  439. <a name="N100E6"></a><a name="3.7+hodring+options"></a>
  440. <h3 class="h4">3.7 hodring options</h3>
  441. <ul>
  442. <li>mapred-system-dir-root: Directory in the DFS under which HOD will
  443. generate sub-directory names and pass the full path
  444. as the value of the 'mapred.system.dir' configuration
  445. parameter to Hadoop daemons. The format of the full
  446. path will be value-of-this-option/userid/mapredsystem/cluster-id.
  447. Note that the directory specified here should be such
  448. that all users can create directories under this, if
  449. permissions are enabled in HDFS. Setting the value of
  450. this option to /user will make HOD use the user's
  451. home directory to generate the mapred.system.dir value.</li>
  452. <li>log-destination-uri: URL describing a path in an external, static DFS or the
  453. cluster node's local file system where HOD will upload
  454. Hadoop logs when a cluster is deallocated. To specify a
  455. DFS path, use the format 'hdfs://path'. To specify a
  456. cluster node's local file path, use the format 'file://path'.
  457. When clusters are deallocated by HOD, the hadoop logs will
  458. be deleted as part of HOD's cleanup process. To ensure these
  459. logs persist, you can use this configuration option.
  460. The format of the path is
  461. value-of-this-option/userid/hod-logs/cluster-id
  462. Note that the directory you specify here must be such that all
  463. users can create sub-directories under this. Setting this value
  464. to hdfs://user will make the logs come in the user's home directory
  465. in DFS.</li>
  466. <li>pkgs: Installation directory, under which bin/hadoop executable is located. This will
  467. be used by HOD to upload logs if a HDFS URL is specified in log-destination-uri
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