Spark cluster with Jupyter Notebook tmp directory settings - apache-spark

I have a problem (rather a requirement) that all temporary files are written to a specific directory.
I currently set:
spark.local.dir /path/to/my/other/tmp/directory
spark.eventLog.dir /path/to/foo/bar
This kinda works, but I still get some files in the default /tmp folder.
Some <some hash>_resources, a folder called hive, a lot of liblz4-java<some hash>.so and snappy-<version>-<hash>-libsnappyjava.so files.
I would like to set the path for these temporary files, any ideas? And what would be the best practice for something like this?

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How PYSPARK environmental setup is executed by YARN in launch_container.sh

While analyzing the yarn launch_container.sh logs for a spark job, I got confused by some part of log.
I will point out those asks step by step here
When you will submit a spark job with spark-submit having --pyfiles and --files on cluster mode on YARN:
The config files passed in --files , executable python files passed in --pyfiles are getting uploaded into .sparkStaging directory created under user hadoop home directory.
Along with these files pyspark.zip and py4j-version_number.zip from $SPARK_HOME/python/lib is also getting copied
into .sparkStaging directory created under user hadoop home directory
After this launch_container.sh is getting triggered by yarn and this will export all env variables required.
If we have exported anything explicitly such as PYSPARK_PYTHON in .bash_profile or at the time of building the spark-submit job in a shell script or in spark_env.sh , the default value will be replaced by the value which we
are providing
This PYSPARK_PYTHON is a path in my edge node.
Then how a container launched in another node will be able to use this python version ?
The default python version in data nodes of my cluster is 2.7.5.
So without setting this pyspark_python , containers are using 2.7.5.
But when I will set pyspark_python to 3.5.x , they are using what I have given.
It is defining PWD='/data/complete-path'
Where this PWD directory resides ?
This directory is getting cleaned up after job completion.
I have even tried to run the job in one session of putty
and kept the /data folder opened in another session of putty to see
if any directories are getting created on run time. but couldn't find any?
It is also setting the PYTHONPATH to $PWD/pyspark.zip:$PWD/py4j-version.zip
When ever I am doing a python specific operation
in spark code , its using PYSPARK_PYTHON. So for what purpose this PYTHONPATH is being used?
3.After this yarn is creating softlinks using ln -sf for all the files in step 1
soft links are created for for pyspark.zip , py4j-<version>.zip,
all python files mentioned in step 1.
Now these links are again pointing to '/data/different_directories'
directory (which I am not sure where they are present).
I know soft links can be used for accessing remote nodes ,
but here why the soft links are created ?
Last but not the least , whether this launch_container.sh will run for each container launch ?
Then how a container launched in another node will be able to use this python version ?
First of all, when we submit a Spark application, there are several ways to set the configurations for the Spark application.
Such as:
Setting spark-defaults.conf
Setting environment variables
Setting spark-submit options (spark-submit —help and —conf)
Setting a custom properties file (—properties-file)
Setting values in code (exposed in both SparkConf and SparkContext APIs)
Setting Hadoop configurations (HADOOP_CONF_DIR and spark.hadoop.*)
In my environment, the Hadoop configurations are placed in /etc/spark/conf/yarn-conf/, and the spark-defaults.conf and spark-env.sh is in /etc/spark/conf/.
As the order of precedence for configurations, this is the order that Spark will use:
Properties set on SparkConf or SparkContext in code
Arguments passed to spark-submit, spark-shell, or pyspark at run time
Properties set in /etc/spark/conf/spark-defaults.conf, a specified properties file
Environment variables exported or set in scripts
So broadly speaking:
For properties that apply to all jobs, use spark-defaults.conf,
for properties that are constant and specific to a single or a few applications use SparkConf or --properties-file,
for properties that change between runs use command line arguments.
Now, regarding the question:
In Cluster mode of Spark, the Spark driver is running in container in YARN, the Spark executors are running in container in YARN.
In Client mode of Spark, the Spark driver is running outside of the Hadoop cluster(out of YARN), and the executors are always in YARN.
So for your question, it is mostly relative with YARN.
When an application is submitted to YARN, first there will be an ApplicationMaster container, which nigotiates with NodeManager, and is responsible to control the application containers(in your case, they are Spark executors).
NodeManager will then create a local temporary directory for each of the Spark executors, to prepare to launch the containers(that's why the launch_container.sh has such a name).
We can find the location of the local temporary directory is set by NodeManager's ${yarn.nodemanager.local-dirs} defined in yarn-site.xml.
And we can set yarn.nodemanager.delete.debug-delay-sec to 10 minutes and review the launch_container.sh script.
In my environment, the ${yarn.nodemanager.local-dirs} is /yarn/nm, so in this directory, I can find the tempory directories of Spark executor containers, they looks like:
/yarn/nm/nm-local-dir/container_1603853670569_0001_01_000001.
And in this directory, I can find the launch_container.sh for this specific container and other stuffs for running this container.
Where this PWD directory resides ?
I think this is a special Environment Variable in Linux OS, so better not to modify it unless you know how it works percisely in your application.
As per above, if you export this PWD environment at the runtime, I think it is passed to Spark as same as any other Environment Variables.
I'm not sure how the PYSPARK_PYTHON Environment Variable is used in Spark's launch scripts chain, but here you can find the instruction in the official documentation, showing how to set Python binary executable while you are using spark-submit:
spark-submit --conf spark.pyspark.python=/<PATH>/<TO>/<FILE>
As for the last question, yes, YARN will create a temp dir for each of the containers, and the launch_container.sh is included in the dir.

Spark Streaming reading from local file gives NullPointerException

Using Spark 2.2.0 on OS X High Sierra. I'm running a Spark Streaming application to read a local file:
val lines = ssc.textFileStream("file:///Users/userName/Documents/Notes/MoreNotes/sampleFile")
lines.print()
This gives me
org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.FileInputDStream logWarning - Error finding new files
java.lang.NullPointerException
at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayOps$ofRef$.length$extension(ArrayOps.scala:192)
The file exists, and I am able to read it using SparkContext (sc) from spark-shell on the terminal. For some reason going through the Intellij application and Spark Streaming is not working. Any ideas appreciated!
Quoting the doc comments of textFileStream:
Create an input stream that monitors a Hadoop-compatible filesystem
for new files and reads them as text files (using key as LongWritable, value
as Text and input format as TextInputFormat). Files must be written to the
monitored directory by "moving" them from another location within the same
file system. File names starting with . are ignored.
#param directory HDFS directory to monitor for new file
So, the method expects the path to a directory in the parameter.
So I believe this should avoid that error:
ssc.textFileStream("file:///Users/userName/Documents/Notes/MoreNotes/")
Spark streaming will not read old files, so first run the spark-submit command and then create the local file in the specified directory. Make sure in the spark-submit command, you give only directory name and not the file name. Below is a sample command. Here, I am passing the directory name through the spark command as my first parameter. You can specify this path in your Scala program as well.
spark-submit --class com.spark.streaming.streamingexample.HdfsWordCount --jars /home/cloudera/pramod/kafka_2.12-1.0.1/libs/kafka-clients-1.0.1.jar--master local[4] /home/cloudera/pramod/streamingexample-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar /pramod/hdfswordcount.txt

How to access files in Hadoop HDFS?

I have a .jar file (containing a Java project that I want to modify) in my Hadoop HDFS that I want to open in Eclipse.
When I type hdfs dfs -ls /user/... I can see that the .jar file is there - however, when I open up Eclipse and try to import it I just can't seem to find it anywhere. I do see a hadoop/hdfs folder in my File System which takes me to 2 folders; namenode and namesecondary - none of these have the file that I'm looking for.
Any ideas? I have been stuck on this for a while. Thanks in advance for any help.
As HDFS is virtual storage it is spanned across the cluster so you can see only the metadata in your File system you can't see the actual data.
Try downloading the jar file from HDFS to your Local File system and do the required modifications.
Access the HDFS using its web UI.
Open your Browser and type localhost:50070 You can see the web UI of HDFS move to utilities tab which is on the right side and click on Browse the File system, you can see the list of files which are in your HDFS.
Follow the below steps to download the file to your local file system.
Open Browser-->localhost:50070-->Utilities-->Browse the file system-->Open your required file directory-->Click on the file(a pop up will open)-->Click on download
The file will be downloaded into your local File System and you can do your required modifications.
HDFS filesystem and local filesystem are both different.
You can copy the jar file from hdfs filesystem to your preferred location in your local filesytem by using this command:
bin/hadoop fs -copyToLocal locationOfFileInHDFS locationWhereYouWantToCopyFileInYourFileSystem
For example
bin/hadoop fs -copyToLocal file.jar /home/user/file.jar
I hope this helps you.
1) Get the file from HDFS to your local system
bin/hadoop fs -get /hdfs/source/path /localfs/destination/path
2) you can manage it in this way:
New Java Project -> Java settings -> Source -> Link source (Source folder).
You can install plugin to Eclipse that can browse HDFS:
http://hdt.incubator.apache.org
OR
you can mount HDFS via fuse:
https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/MountableHDFS
You can not directly import the files present in HDFS to Eclipse. First you will have to move file from HDFS to local drive then only you can use it in any utility.
fs -copyToLocal hdfsLocation localDirectoryPath

Changing data file directories Cassandra

I'm trying to change the Cassandra data, commit log and saved caches directories by defining a custom shell script for CASANDRA_INCLUDE. I'm modifying the properties in the script as follows :
***
data_file_directories = "/usr/pic1/kearanky/cassandra/data"
commitlog_directory = "/usr/pic1/kearanky/cassandra/commitlog"
saved_caches_directory: "/usr/pic1/kearanky/cassandra/saved_caches"
***
When I run cassandra I get the error "data_file_directories: command not found". How can I modify the directories correctly?
PS: I don't have write access to cassandra.yaml and can't create the default directories it uses.
referrer to this answer Make your own cassandra.yaml with your custom directories and then run cassandra with with -d flag and cassandra.config=directory
or set $CASSANDRA_HOME variable in your .bashrc and then run cassandra

Where is Spark writing SaveAsTextFile in cluster?

I'm a bit at loss here (Spark newbie). I spun up an EC2 cluster, and submitted a Spark job which saves as text file in the last step. The code reads
reduce_tuples.saveAsTextFile('september_2015')
and the working directory of the python file I'm submitting is /root. I cannot find the directory called september_2005, and if I try to run the job again I get the error:
: org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileAlreadyExistsException: Output directory hdfs://ec2-54-172-88-52.compute-1.amazonaws.com:9000/user/root/september_2015 already exists
The ec2 address is the master node where I'm ssh'ing to, but I don't have a folder /user/root.
Seems like Spark is creating the september_2015 directory somehwere, but find doesn't find it. Where does Spark write the resulting directory? Why is it pointing me to a directory that doesn't exist in the master node filesystem?
You're not saving it in the local file system, you're saving it in the hdfs cluster. Try eph*-hdfs/bin/hadoop fs -ls /, then you should see your file. See eph*-hdfs/bin/hadoop help for more commands, eg. -copyToLocal.

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