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<header>
<title>
Authentication for Hadoop HTTP web-consoles
</title>
</header>
<body>
<section>
<title> Introduction </title>
<p>
This document describes how to configure Hadoop HTTP web-consoles to require user
authentication.
</p>
<p>
By default Hadoop HTTP web-consoles (JobTracker, NameNode, TaskTrackers and DataNodes) allow
access without any form of authentication.
</p>
<p>
Similarly to Hadoop RPC, Hadoop HTTP web-consoles can be configured to require Kerberos
authentication using HTTP SPNEGO protocol (supported by browsers like Firefox and Internet
Explorer).
</p>
<p>
In addition, Hadoop HTTP web-consoles support the equivalent of Hadoop's Pseudo/Simple
authentication. If this option is enabled, user must specify their user name in the first
browser interaction using the <code>user.name</code> query string parameter. For example:
<code>http://localhost:50030/jobtracker.jsp?user.name=babu</code>.
</p>
<p>
If a custom authentication mechanism is required for the HTTP web-consoles, it is possible
to implement a plugin to support the alternate authentication mechanism (refer to
Hadoop hadoop-auth for details on writing an <code>AuthenticatorHandler</code>).
</p>
<p>
The next section describes how to configure Hadoop HTTP web-consoles to require user
authentication.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Configuration </title>
<p>
The following properties should be in the <code>core-site.xml</code> of all the nodes
in the cluster.
</p>
<p><code>hadoop.http.filter.initializers</code>: add to this property the
<code>org.apache.hadoop.security.AuthenticationFilterInitializer</code> initializer class.
</p>
<p><code>hadoop.http.authentication.type</code>: Defines authentication used for the HTTP
web-consoles. The supported values are: <code>simple | kerberos |
#AUTHENTICATION_HANDLER_CLASSNAME#</code>. The dfeault value is <code>simple</code>.
</p>
<p><code>hadoop.http.authentication.token.validity</code>: Indicates how long (in seconds)
an authentication token is valid before it has to be renewed. The default value is
<code>36000</code>.
</p>
<p><code>hadoop.http.authentication.signature.secret.file</code>: The signature secret
file for signing the authentication tokens. If not set a random secret is generated at
startup time. The same secret should be used for all nodes in the cluster, JobTracker,
NameNode, DataNode and TastTracker. The default value is
<code>${user.home}/hadoop-http-auth-signature-secret</code>.
IMPORTANT: This file should be readable only by the Unix user running the daemons.
</p>
<p><code>hadoop.http.authentication.cookie.domain</code>: The domain to use for the HTTP
cookie that stores the authentication token. In order to authentiation to work
correctly across all nodes in the cluster the domain must be correctly set.
There is no default value, the HTTP cookie will not have a domain working only
with the hostname issuing the HTTP cookie.
</p>
<p>
IMPORTANT: when using IP addresses, browsers ignore cookies with domain settings.
For this setting to work properly all nodes in the cluster must be configured
to generate URLs with hostname.domain names on it.
</p>
<p><code>hadoop.http.authentication.simple.anonymous.allowed</code>: Indicates if anonymous
requests are allowed when using 'simple' authentication. The default value is
<code>true</code>
</p>
<p><code>hadoop.http.authentication.kerberos.principal</code>: Indicates the Kerberos
principal to be used for HTTP endpoint when using 'kerberos' authentication.
The principal short name must be <code>HTTP</code> per Kerberos HTTP SPNEGO specification.
The default value is <code>HTTP/_HOST@$LOCALHOST</code>, where <code>_HOST</code> -if present-
is replaced with bind address of the HTTP server.
</p>
<p><code>hadoop.http.authentication.kerberos.keytab</code>: Location of the keytab file
with the credentials for the Kerberos principal used for the HTTP endpoint.
The default value is <code>${user.home}/hadoop.keytab</code>.i
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<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V2.0//EN" "http://forrest.apache.org/dtd/document-v20.dtd">
<document>
<header>
<title>Hadoop Commands Guide</title>
</header>
<body>
<section>
<title>Overview</title>
<p>
All Hadoop commands are invoked by the bin/hadoop script. Running the Hadoop
script without any arguments prints the description for all commands.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop [--config confdir] [COMMAND] [GENERIC_OPTIONS] [COMMAND_OPTIONS]</code>
</p>
<p>
Hadoop has an option parsing framework that employs parsing generic options as well as running classes.
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>--config confdir</code></td>
<td>Overwrites the default Configuration directory. Default is ${HADOOP_PREFIX}/conf.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>GENERIC_OPTIONS</code></td>
<td>The common set of options supported by multiple commands.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>COMMAND</code><br/><code>COMMAND_OPTIONS</code></td>
<td>Various commands with their options are described in the following sections. The commands
have been grouped into <a href="commands_manual.html#User+Commands">User Commands</a>
and <a href="commands_manual.html#Administration+Commands">Administration Commands</a>.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<section>
<title>Generic Options</title>
<p>
The following options are supported by <a href="commands_manual.html#dfsadmin">dfsadmin</a>,
<a href="commands_manual.html#fs">fs</a>, <a href="commands_manual.html#fsck">fsck</a>,
<a href="commands_manual.html#job">job</a> and <a href="commands_manual.html#fetchdt">fetchdt</a>.
Applications should implement
<a href="ext:api/org/apache/hadoop/util/tool">Tool</a> to support
<a href="ext:api/org/apache/hadoop/util/genericoptionsparser">
GenericOptions</a>.
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> GENERIC_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-conf &lt;configuration file&gt;</code></td>
<td>Specify an application configuration file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-D &lt;property=value&gt;</code></td>
<td>Use value for given property.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-fs &lt;local|namenode:port&gt;</code></td>
<td>Specify a namenode.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-jt &lt;local|jobtracker:port&gt;</code></td>
<td>Specify a job tracker. Applies only to <a href="commands_manual.html#job">job</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-files &lt;comma separated list of files&gt;</code></td>
<td>Specify comma separated files to be copied to the map reduce cluster.
Applies only to <a href="commands_manual.html#job">job</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-libjars &lt;comma seperated list of jars&gt;</code></td>
<td>Specify comma separated jar files to include in the classpath.
Applies only to <a href="commands_manual.html#job">job</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-archives &lt;comma separated list of archives&gt;</code></td>
<td>Specify comma separated archives to be unarchived on the compute machines.
Applies only to <a href="commands_manual.html#job">job</a>.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title> User Commands </title>
<p>Commands useful for users of a Hadoop cluster.</p>
<section>
<title> archive </title>
<p>
Creates a Hadoop archive. More information see the <a href="ext:hadoop-archives">Hadoop Archives Guide</a>.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop archive -archiveName NAME &lt;src&gt;* &lt;dest&gt;</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-archiveName NAME</code></td>
<td>Name of the archive to be created.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>src</code></td>
<td>Filesystem pathnames which work as usual with regular expressions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>dest</code></td>
<td>Destination directory which would contain the archive.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> distcp </title>
<p>
Copy file or directories recursively. More information can be found at <a href="ext:distcp">DistCp Guide</a>.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop distcp &lt;srcurl&gt; &lt;desturl&gt;</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>srcurl</code></td>
<td>Source Url</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>desturl</code></td>
<td>Destination Url</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> fs </title>
<p>
Runs a generic filesystem user client.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop fs [</code><a href="commands_manual.html#Generic+Options">GENERIC_OPTIONS</a><code>]
[COMMAND_OPTIONS]</code>
</p>
<p>
The various COMMAND_OPTIONS can be found at
<a href="file_system_shell.html">File System Shell Guide</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> fsck </title>
<p>
Runs a HDFS filesystem checking utility. See <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Fsck">Fsck</a> for more info.
</p>
<p><code>Usage: hadoop fsck [</code><a href="commands_manual.html#Generic+Options">GENERIC_OPTIONS</a><code>]
&lt;path&gt; [-move | -delete | -openforwrite] [-files [-blocks
[-locations | -racks]]]</code></p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>&lt;path&gt;</code></td>
<td>Start checking from this path.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-move</code></td>
<td>Move corrupted files to /lost+found</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-delete</code></td>
<td>Delete corrupted files.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-openforwrite</code></td>
<td>Print out files opened for write.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-files</code></td>
<td>Print out files being checked.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-blocks</code></td>
<td>Print out block report.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-locations</code></td>
<td>Print out locations for every block.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-racks</code></td>
<td>Print out network topology for data-node locations.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> fetchdt </title>
<p>
Gets Delegation Token from a NameNode. See <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#fetchdt">fetchdt</a> for more info.
</p>
<p><code>Usage: hadoop fetchdt [</code><a href="commands_manual.html#Generic+Options">GENERIC_OPTIONS</a><code>]
[--webservice &lt;namenode_http_addr&gt;] &lt;file_name&gt; </code></p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>&lt;file_name&gt;</code></td>
<td>File name to store the token into.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>--webservice &lt;https_address&gt;</code></td>
<td>use http protocol instead of RPC</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> jar </title>
<p>
Runs a jar file. Users can bundle their Map Reduce code in a jar file and execute it using this command.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop jar &lt;jar&gt; [mainClass] args...</code>
</p>
<p>
The streaming jobs are run via this command. For examples, see
<a href="ext:streaming">Hadoop Streaming</a>.
</p>
<p>
The WordCount example is also run using jar command. For examples, see the
<a href="ext:mapred-tutorial">MapReduce Tutorial</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> job </title>
<p>
Command to interact with Map Reduce Jobs.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop job [</code><a href="commands_manual.html#Generic+Options">GENERIC_OPTIONS</a><code>]
[-submit &lt;job-file&gt;] | [-status &lt;job-id&gt;] |
[-counter &lt;job-id&gt; &lt;group-name&gt; &lt;counter-name&gt;] | [-kill &lt;job-id&gt;] |
[-events &lt;job-id&gt; &lt;from-event-#&gt; &lt;#-of-events&gt;] | [-history [all] &lt;historyFile&gt;] |
[-list [all]] | [-kill-task &lt;task-id&gt;] | [-fail-task &lt;task-id&gt;] |
[-set-priority &lt;job-id&gt; &lt;priority&gt;]</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-submit &lt;job-file&gt;</code></td>
<td>Submits the job.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-status &lt;job-id&gt;</code></td>
<td>Prints the map and reduce completion percentage and all job counters.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-counter &lt;job-id&gt; &lt;group-name&gt; &lt;counter-name&gt;</code></td>
<td>Prints the counter value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-kill &lt;job-id&gt;</code></td>
<td>Kills the job.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-events &lt;job-id&gt; &lt;from-event-#&gt; &lt;#-of-events&gt;</code></td>
<td>Prints the events' details received by jobtracker for the given range.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-history [all] &lt;historyFile&gt;</code></td>
<td>-history &lt;historyFile&gt; prints job details, failed and killed tip details. More details
about the job such as successful tasks and task attempts made for each task can be viewed by
specifying the [all] option. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-list [all]</code></td>
<td>-list all displays all jobs. -list displays only jobs which are yet to complete.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-kill-task &lt;task-id&gt;</code></td>
<td>Kills the task. Killed tasks are NOT counted against failed attempts.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-fail-task &lt;task-id&gt;</code></td>
<td>Fails the task. Failed tasks are counted against failed attempts.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-set-priority &lt;job-id&gt; &lt;priority&gt;</code></td>
<td>Changes the priority of the job.
Allowed priority values are VERY_HIGH, HIGH, NORMAL, LOW, VERY_LOW</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> pipes </title>
<p>
Runs a pipes job.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop pipes [-conf &lt;path&gt;] [-jobconf &lt;key=value&gt;, &lt;key=value&gt;, ...]
[-input &lt;path&gt;] [-output &lt;path&gt;] [-jar &lt;jar file&gt;] [-inputformat &lt;class&gt;]
[-map &lt;class&gt;] [-partitioner &lt;class&gt;] [-reduce &lt;class&gt;] [-writer &lt;class&gt;]
[-program &lt;executable&gt;] [-reduces &lt;num&gt;] </code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-conf &lt;path&gt;</code></td>
<td>Configuration for job</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-jobconf &lt;key=value&gt;, &lt;key=value&gt;, ...</code></td>
<td>Add/override configuration for job</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-input &lt;path&gt;</code></td>
<td>Input directory</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-output &lt;path&gt;</code></td>
<td>Output directory</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-jar &lt;jar file&gt;</code></td>
<td>Jar filename</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-inputformat &lt;class&gt;</code></td>
<td>InputFormat class</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-map &lt;class&gt;</code></td>
<td>Java Map class</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-partitioner &lt;class&gt;</code></td>
<td>Java Partitioner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-reduce &lt;class&gt;</code></td>
<td>Java Reduce class</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-writer &lt;class&gt;</code></td>
<td>Java RecordWriter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-program &lt;executable&gt;</code></td>
<td>Executable URI</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-reduces &lt;num&gt;</code></td>
<td>Number of reduces</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> queue </title>
<p>
command to interact and view Job Queue information
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage : hadoop queue [-list] | [-info &lt;job-queue-name&gt; [-showJobs]] | [-showacls]</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><anchor id="QueuesList"/><code>-list</code> </td>
<td>Gets list of Job Queues configured in the system. Along with scheduling information
associated with the job queues.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><anchor id="QueuesInfo"/><code>-info &lt;job-queue-name&gt; [-showJobs]</code></td>
<td>
Displays the job queue information and associated scheduling information of particular
job queue. If -showJobs options is present a list of jobs submitted to the particular job
queue is displayed.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-showacls</code></td>
<td>Displays the queue name and associated queue operations allowed for the current user.
The list consists of only those queues to which the user has access.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> version </title>
<p>
Prints the version.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop version</code>
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> CLASSNAME </title>
<p>
Hadoop script can be used to invoke any class.
</p>
<p>
Runs the class named CLASSNAME.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop CLASSNAME</code>
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title> Administration Commands </title>
<p>Commands useful for administrators of a Hadoop cluster.</p>
<section>
<title> balancer </title>
<p>
Runs a cluster balancing utility. An administrator can simply press Ctrl-C to stop the
rebalancing process. For more details see
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Rebalancer">Rebalancer</a>.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop balancer [-policy &lt;blockpool|datanode&gt;] [-threshold &lt;threshold&gt;]</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-policy &lt;blockpool|datanode&gt;</code></td>
<td>The balancing policy.
<br /><code>datanode</code>: Cluster is balance if the disk usage of each datanode is balance.
<br /><code>blockpool</code>: Cluster is balance if the disk usage of each block pool in each datanode is balance.
<br />Note that <code>blockpool</code> is a condition stronger than <code>datanode</code>.
The default policy is <code>datanode</code>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-threshold &lt;threshold&gt;</code></td>
<td>Percentage of disk capacity. This default threshold is 10%.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> daemonlog </title>
<p>
Get/Set the log level for each daemon.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop daemonlog -getlevel &lt;host:port&gt; &lt;name&gt;</code><br/>
<code>Usage: hadoop daemonlog -setlevel &lt;host:port&gt; &lt;name&gt; &lt;level&gt;</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-getlevel &lt;host:port&gt; &lt;name&gt;</code></td>
<td>Prints the log level of the daemon running at &lt;host:port&gt;.
This command internally connects to http://&lt;host:port&gt;/logLevel?log=&lt;name&gt;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-setlevel &lt;host:port&gt; &lt;name&gt; &lt;level&gt;</code></td>
<td>Sets the log level of the daemon running at &lt;host:port&gt;.
This command internally connects to http://&lt;host:port&gt;/logLevel?log=&lt;name&gt;</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> datanode</title>
<p>
Runs a HDFS datanode.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop datanode [-rollback]</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-rollback</code></td>
<td>Rollsback the datanode to the previous version. This should be used after stopping the datanode
and distributing the old Hadoop version.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> dfsadmin </title>
<p>
Runs a HDFS dfsadmin client.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop dfsadmin [</code><a href="commands_manual.html#Generic+Options">GENERIC_OPTIONS</a><code>] [-report] [-safemode enter | leave | get | wait] [-refreshNodes]
[-finalizeUpgrade] [-upgradeProgress status | details | force] [-metasave filename]
[-setQuota &lt;quota&gt; &lt;dirname&gt;...&lt;dirname&gt;] [-clrQuota &lt;dirname&gt;...&lt;dirname&gt;]
[-restoreFailedStorage true|false|check]
[-help [cmd]]</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-report</code></td>
<td>Reports basic filesystem information and statistics.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-safemode enter | leave | get | wait</code></td>
<td>Safe mode maintenance command.
Safe mode is a Namenode state in which it <br/>
1. does not accept changes to the name space (read-only) <br/>
2. does not replicate or delete blocks. <br/>
Safe mode is entered automatically at Namenode startup, and
leaves safe mode automatically when the configured minimum
percentage of blocks satisfies the minimum replication
condition. Safe mode can also be entered manually, but then
it can only be turned off manually as well.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-refreshNodes</code></td>
<td>Re-read the hosts and exclude files to update the set
of Datanodes that are allowed to connect to the Namenode
and those that should be decommissioned or recommissioned.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-finalizeUpgrade</code></td>
<td>Finalize upgrade of HDFS.
Datanodes delete their previous version working directories,
followed by Namenode doing the same.
This completes the upgrade process.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-printTopology</code></td>
<td>Print a tree of the rack/datanode topology of the
cluster as seen by the NameNode.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-upgradeProgress status | details | force</code></td>
<td>Request current distributed upgrade status,
a detailed status or force the upgrade to proceed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-metasave filename</code></td>
<td>Save Namenode's primary data structures
to &lt;filename&gt; in the directory specified by hadoop.log.dir property.
&lt;filename&gt; will contain one line for each of the following <br/>
1. Datanodes heart beating with Namenode<br/>
2. Blocks waiting to be replicated<br/>
3. Blocks currrently being replicated<br/>
4. Blocks waiting to be deleted</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-setQuota &lt;quota&gt; &lt;dirname&gt;...&lt;dirname&gt;</code></td>
<td>Set the quota &lt;quota&gt; for each directory &lt;dirname&gt;.
The directory quota is a long integer that puts a hard limit on the number of names in the directory tree.<br/>
Best effort for the directory, with faults reported if<br/>
1. N is not a positive integer, or<br/>
2. user is not an administrator, or<br/>
3. the directory does not exist or is a file, or<br/>
4. the directory would immediately exceed the new quota.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-clrQuota &lt;dirname&gt;...&lt;dirname&gt;</code></td>
<td>Clear the quota for each directory &lt;dirname&gt;.<br/>
Best effort for the directory. with fault reported if<br/>
1. the directory does not exist or is a file, or<br/>
2. user is not an administrator.<br/>
It does not fault if the directory has no quota.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-restoreFailedStorage true | false | check</code></td>
<td>This option will turn on/off automatic attempt to restore failed storage replicas.
If a failed storage becomes available again the system will attempt to restore
edits and/or fsimage during checkpoint. 'check' option will return current setting.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-help [cmd]</code></td>
<td> Displays help for the given command or all commands if none
is specified.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title>mradmin</title>
<p>Runs MR admin client</p>
<p><code>Usage: hadoop mradmin [</code>
<a href="commands_manual.html#Generic+Options">GENERIC_OPTIONS</a>
<code>] [-refreshServiceAcl] [-refreshQueues] [-refreshNodes] [-help [cmd]] </code></p>
<table>
<tr>
<th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-refreshServiceAcl</code></td>
<td> Reload the service-level authorization policies. Jobtracker
will reload the authorization policy file.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><anchor id="RefreshQueues"/><code>-refreshQueues</code></td>
<td><p> Reload the queues' configuration at the JobTracker.
Most of the configuration of the queues can be refreshed/reloaded
without restarting the Map/Reduce sub-system. Administrators
typically own the
<a href="cluster_setup.html#mapred-queues.xml">
<em>conf/mapred-queues.xml</em></a>
file, can edit it while the JobTracker is still running, and can do
a reload by running this command.</p>
<p>It should be noted that while trying to refresh queues'
configuration, one cannot change the hierarchy of queues itself.
This means no operation that involves a change in either the
hierarchy structure itself or the queues' names will be allowed.
Only selected properties of queues can be changed during refresh.
For example, new queues cannot be added dynamically, neither can an
existing queue be deleted.</p>
<p>If during a reload of queue configuration,
a syntactic or semantic error in made during the editing of the
configuration file, the refresh command fails with an exception that
is printed on the standard output of this command, thus informing the
requester with any helpful messages of what has gone wrong during
the edit/reload. Importantly, the existing queue configuration is
untouched and the system is left in a consistent state.
</p>
<p>As described in the
<a href="cluster_setup.html#mapred-queues.xml"><em>
conf/mapred-queues.xml</em></a> section, the
<a href="cluster_setup.html#properties_tag"><em>
&lt;properties&gt;</em></a> tag in the queue configuration file can
also be used to specify per-queue properties needed by the scheduler.
When the framework's queue configuration is reloaded using this
command, this scheduler specific configuration will also be reloaded
, provided the scheduler being configured supports this reload.
Please see the documentation of the particular scheduler in use.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-refreshNodes</code></td>
<td> Refresh the hosts information at the jobtracker.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-help [cmd]</code></td>
<td>Displays help for the given command or all commands if none
is specified.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> jobtracker </title>
<p>
Runs the MapReduce job Tracker node.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop jobtracker [-dumpConfiguration]</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>COMMAND_OPTION</th><th> Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-dumpConfiguration</code></td>
<td> Dumps the configuration used by the JobTracker alongwith queue
configuration in JSON format into Standard output used by the
jobtracker and exits.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> namenode </title>
<p>
Runs the namenode. For more information about upgrade, rollback and finalize see
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Upgrade+and+Rollback">Upgrade and Rollback</a>.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop namenode [-format [-force] [-nonInteractive] [-clusterid someid]] | [-upgrade] | [-rollback] | [-finalize] | [-importCheckpoint] | [-checkpoint] | [-backup]</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-regular</code></td>
<td>Start namenode in standard, active role rather than as backup or checkpoint node. This is the default role.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-checkpoint</code></td>
<td>Start namenode in checkpoint role, creating periodic checkpoints of the active namenode metadata.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-backup</code></td>
<td>Start namenode in backup role, maintaining an up-to-date in-memory copy of the namespace and creating periodic checkpoints.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-format [-force] [-nonInteractive] [-clusterid someid]</code></td>
<td>Formats the namenode. It starts the namenode, formats it and then shuts it down. User will be prompted before formatting any non empty name directories in the local filesystem.<br/>
-nonInteractive: User will not be prompted for input if non empty name directories exist in the local filesystem and the format will fail.<br/>
-force: Formats the namenode and the user will NOT be prompted to confirm formatting of the name directories in the local filesystem. If -nonInteractive option is specified it will be ignored.<br/>
-clusterid: Associates the namenode with the id specified. When formatting federated namenodes use this option to make sure all namenodes are associated with the same id.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-upgrade</code></td>
<td>Namenode should be started with upgrade option after the distribution of new Hadoop version.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-rollback</code></td>
<td>Rollsback the namenode to the previous version. This should be used after stopping the cluster
and distributing the old Hadoop version.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-finalize</code></td>
<td>Finalize will remove the previous state of the files system. Recent upgrade will become permanent.
Rollback option will not be available anymore. After finalization it shuts the namenode down.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-importCheckpoint</code></td>
<td>Loads image from a checkpoint directory and saves it into the current one. Checkpoint directory
is read from property dfs.namenode.checkpoint.dir
(see <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Import+checkpoint">Import Checkpoint</a>).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-checkpoint</code></td>
<td>Enables checkpointing
(see <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Checkpoint+Node">Checkpoint Node</a>).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-backup</code></td>
<td>Enables checkpointing and maintains an in-memory, up-to-date copy of the file system namespace
(see <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Backup+Node">Backup Node</a>).</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> secondarynamenode </title>
<p>
Runs the HDFS secondary
namenode. See <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Secondary+NameNode">Secondary NameNode</a>
for more info.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop secondarynamenode [-checkpoint [force]] | [-geteditsize]</code>
</p>
<table>
<tr><th> COMMAND_OPTION </th><th> Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-checkpoint [force]</code></td>
<td>Checkpoints the Secondary namenode if EditLog size >= dfs.namenode.checkpoint.size.
If -force is used, checkpoint irrespective of EditLog size.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>-geteditsize</code></td>
<td>Prints the EditLog size.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> tasktracker </title>
<p>
Runs a MapReduce task Tracker node.
</p>
<p>
<code>Usage: hadoop tasktracker</code>
</p>
</section>
</section>
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<document>
<header>
<title>File System Shell Guide</title>
</header>
<body>
<section>
<title>Overview</title>
<p>
The File System (FS) shell includes various shell-like commands that directly
interact with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) as well as other file systems that Hadoop supports,
such as Local FS, HFTP FS, S3 FS, and others. The FS shell is invoked by: </p>
<source>bin/hdfs dfs &lt;args&gt;</source>
<p>
All FS shell commands take path URIs as arguments. The URI
format is <em>scheme://autority/path</em>. For HDFS the scheme
is <em>hdfs</em>, and for the Local FS the scheme
is <em>file</em>. The scheme and authority are optional. If not
specified, the default scheme specified in the configuration is
used. An HDFS file or directory such as <em>/parent/child</em>
can be specified as <em>hdfs://namenodehost/parent/child</em> or
simply as <em>/parent/child</em> (given that your configuration
is set to point to <em>hdfs://namenodehost</em>).
</p>
<p>
Most of the commands in FS shell behave like corresponding Unix
commands. Differences are described with each of the
commands. Error information is sent to <em>stderr</em> and the
output is sent to <em>stdout</em>.
</p>
<!-- CAT -->
<section>
<title> cat </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -cat URI [URI &#x2026;]</code>
</p>
<p>
Copies source paths to <em>stdout</em>.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -cat hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn2.example.com/file2
</code>
</li>
<li>
<code>hdfs dfs -cat file:///file3 /user/hadoop/file4 </code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:<br/>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error. </code></p>
</section>
<!-- CHGRP -->
<section>
<title> chgrp </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -chgrp [-R] GROUP URI [URI &#x2026;]</code>
</p>
<p>
Change group association of files. With <code>-R</code>, make the change recursively through the directory structure.
The user must be the owner of files, or else a super-user.
Additional information is in the <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_permissions_guide.html">HDFS Permissions Guide</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> chmod </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -chmod [-R] &lt;MODE[,MODE]... | OCTALMODE&gt; URI [URI &#x2026;]</code>
</p>
<p>
Change the permissions of files. With <code>-R</code>, make the change recursively through the directory structure.
The user must be the owner of the file, or else a super-user.
Additional information is in the <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_permissions_guide.html">HDFS Permissions Guide</a>.
</p>
</section>
<!-- CHOWN -->
<section>
<title> chown </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -chown [-R] [OWNER][:[GROUP]] URI [URI ]</code>
</p>
<p>
Change the owner of files. With <code>-R</code>, make the change recursively through the directory structure.
The user must be a super-user.
Additional information is in the <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_permissions_guide.html">HDFS Permissions Guide</a>.
</p>
</section>
<!-- COPYFROMLOCAL -->
<section>
<title>copyFromLocal</title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal &lt;localsrc&gt; URI</code>
</p>
<p>Similar to <a href="#put"><strong>put</strong></a> command, except that the source is restricted to a local file reference. </p>
</section>
<!-- COPYTOLOCAL -->
<section>
<title> copyToLocal</title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -copyToLocal [-ignorecrc] [-crc] URI &lt;localdst&gt;</code>
</p>
<p> Similar to <a href="#get"><strong>get</strong></a> command, except that the destination is restricted to a local file reference.</p>
</section>
<!-- COUNT -->
<section>
<title> count </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -count [-q] &lt;paths&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>
Count the number of directories, files and bytes under the paths that match the specified file pattern. <br/><br/>
The output columns with <code>-count </code> are:<br/><br/>
<code>DIR_COUNT, FILE_COUNT, CONTENT_SIZE FILE_NAME</code> <br/><br/>
The output columns with <code>-count -q</code> are:<br/><br/>
<code>QUOTA, REMAINING_QUATA, SPACE_QUOTA, REMAINING_SPACE_QUOTA,
DIR_COUNT, FILE_COUNT, CONTENT_SIZE, FILE_NAME</code>
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -count hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn2.example.com/file2
</code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -count -q hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1
</code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- CP -->
<section>
<title> cp </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -cp URI [URI &#x2026;] &lt;dest&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>
Copy files from source to destination. This command allows multiple sources as well in which case the destination must be a directory.
<br/>
Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -cp /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2</code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -cp /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2 /user/hadoop/dir </code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- DU -->
<section>
<title>du</title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -du [-s] [-h] URI [URI &#x2026;]</code>
</p>
<p>
Displays sizes of files and directories contained in the given directory or the length of a file in case its just a file.</p>
<p>Options:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <code>-s</code> option will result in an aggregate summary of file lengths being displayed, rather than the individual files.</li>
<li>The <code>-h</code> option will format file sizes in a &quot;human-readable&quot; fashion (e.g 64.0m instead of 67108864)</li>
</ul>
<p>
Example:<br/><code>hdfs dfs -du /user/hadoop/dir1 /user/hadoop/file1 hdfs://nn.example.com/user/hadoop/dir1</code><br/>
Exit Code:<br/><code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error. </code><br/></p>
</section>
<!-- DUS -->
<section>
<title> dus </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -dus &lt;args&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>
Displays a summary of file lengths. This is an alternate form of <code>hdfs dfs -du -s</code>.
</p>
</section>
<!-- EXPUNGE -->
<section>
<title> expunge </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -expunge</code>
</p>
<p>Empty the Trash. Refer to the <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_design.html">HDFS Architecture Guide</a>
for more information on the Trash feature.</p>
</section>
<!-- GET -->
<section>
<title> get </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -get [-ignorecrc] [-crc] &lt;src&gt; &lt;localdst&gt;</code>
<br/>
</p>
<p>
Copy files to the local file system. Files that fail the CRC check may be copied with the
<code>-ignorecrc</code> option. Files and CRCs may be copied using the
<code>-crc</code> option.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -get /user/hadoop/file localfile </code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -get hdfs://nn.example.com/user/hadoop/file localfile</code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error. </code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- GETMERGE -->
<section>
<title> getmerge </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -getmerge [-nl] &lt;src&gt; &lt;localdst&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>
Takes a source directory and a destination file as input and concatenates files in src into the destination local file.
Optionally <code>-nl</code> flag can be set to enable adding a newline character at the end of each file during merge.
</p>
</section>
<!-- LS -->
<section>
<title>ls</title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -ls [-d] [-h] [-R] &lt;args&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>For a file returns stat on the file with the following format:</p>
<p>
<code>permissions number_of_replicas userid groupid filesize modification_date modification_time filename</code>
</p>
<p>For a directory it returns list of its direct children as in unix.A directory is listed as:</p>
<p>
<code>permissions userid groupid modification_date modification_time dirname</code>
</p>
<p>Options:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>-d</code> Directories are listed as plain files</li>
<li><code>-h</code> Format file sizes in a &quot;human-readable&quot; fashion (e.g 64.0m instead of 67108864)</li>
<li><code>-R</code> Recursively list subdirectories encountered</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>
<code>hdfs dfs -ls /user/hadoop/file1 </code>
</p>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code>Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- LSR -->
<section>
<title>lsr</title>
<p><code>Usage: hdfs dfs -lsr &lt;args&gt;</code><br/>
Recursive version of <code>ls</code>. Similar to Unix <code>ls -R</code>.
</p>
</section>
<!-- MKDIR -->
<section>
<title> mkdir </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -mkdir &lt;paths&gt;</code>
<br/>
</p>
<p>
Takes path uri's as argument and creates directories. The behavior is much like unix mkdir -p creating parent directories along the path.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code>hdfs dfs -mkdir /user/hadoop/dir1 /user/hadoop/dir2 </code>
</li>
<li>
<code>hdfs dfs -mkdir hdfs://nn1.example.com/user/hadoop/dir hdfs://nn2.example.com/user/hadoop/dir
</code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code>Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- MOVEFROMLOCAL -->
<section>
<title> moveFromLocal </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: dfs -moveFromLocal &lt;localsrc&gt; &lt;dst&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>Similar to <a href="#put"><strong>put</strong></a> command, except that the source <code>localsrc</code> is deleted after it's copied. </p>
</section>
<!-- MOVETOLOCAL -->
<section>
<title> moveToLocal</title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -moveToLocal [-crc] &lt;src&gt; &lt;dst&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>Displays a "Not implemented yet" message.</p>
</section>
<!-- MV -->
<section>
<title> mv </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -mv URI [URI &#x2026;] &lt;dest&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>
Moves files from source to destination. This command allows multiple sources as well in which case the destination needs to be a directory.
Moving files across file systems is not permitted.
<br/>
Example:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -mv /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2</code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -mv hdfs://nn.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn.example.com/file2 hdfs://nn.example.com/file3 hdfs://nn.example.com/dir1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- PUT -->
<section>
<title> put </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -put &lt;localsrc&gt; ... &lt;dst&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>Copy single src, or multiple srcs from local file system to the destination file system.
Also reads input from stdin and writes to destination file system.<br/>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -put localfile /user/hadoop/hadoopfile</code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -put localfile1 localfile2 /user/hadoop/hadoopdir</code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -put localfile hdfs://nn.example.com/hadoop/hadoopfile</code>
</li>
<li><code>hdfs dfs -put - hdfs://nn.example.com/hadoop/hadoopfile</code><br/>Reads the input from stdin.</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error. </code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- RM -->
<section>
<title> rm </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -rm [-skipTrash] URI [URI &#x2026;] </code>
</p>
<p>
Delete files specified as args. Only deletes files. If the <code>-skipTrash</code> option
is specified, the trash, if enabled, will be bypassed and the specified file(s) deleted immediately. This can be
useful when it is necessary to delete files from an over-quota directory.
Use -rm -r or rmr for recursive deletes.<br/>
Example:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -rm hdfs://nn.example.com/file </code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- RMR -->
<section>
<title> rmr </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -rmr [-skipTrash] URI [URI &#x2026;]</code>
</p>
<p>Recursive version of delete. The rmr command recursively deletes the directory and any content under it. If the <code>-skipTrash</code> option
is specified, the trash, if enabled, will be bypassed and the specified file(s) deleted immediately. This can be
useful when it is necessary to delete files from an over-quota directory.<br/>
Example:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -rmr /user/hadoop/dir </code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -rmr hdfs://nn.example.com/user/hadoop/dir </code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error. </code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- SETREP -->
<section>
<title> setrep </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -setrep [-R] &lt;path&gt;</code>
</p>
<p>
Changes the replication factor of a file. -R option is for recursively increasing the replication factor of files within a directory.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -setrep -w 3 -R /user/hadoop/dir1 </code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:</p>
<p>
<code>Returns 0 on success and -1 on error. </code>
</p>
</section>
<!-- STAT -->
<section>
<title> stat </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -stat [format] URI [URI &#x2026;]</code>
</p>
<p>Print statistics about the file/directory matching the given URI pattern in the specified format.</p>
<p>Format accepts:</p>
<ul>
<li>filesize in blocks (%b)</li>
<li>filename (%n)</li>
<li>block size (%o)</li>
<li>replication (%r)</li>
<li>modification date, formatted as Y-M-D H:M:S (%y)</li>
<li>modification date, in epoch seconds (%Y)</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -stat path </code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -stat %y path </code>
</li>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -stat '%b %r' path </code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:<br/>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code></p>
</section>
<!-- TAIL-->
<section>
<title> tail </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -tail [-f] URI </code>
</p>
<p>
Displays last kilobyte of the file to stdout. -f option can be used as in Unix.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -tail pathname </code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code: <br/>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code></p>
</section>
<!-- TEST -->
<section>
<title> test </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -test -[ezd] URI</code>
</p>
<p>
Options: <br/>
-e check to see if the file exists. Return 0 if true. <br/>
-z check to see if the file is zero length. Return 0 if true. <br/>
-d check to see if the path is directory. Return 0 if true. <br/></p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hdfs dfs -test -e filename </code>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<!-- TEXT -->
<section>
<title> text </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -text &lt;src&gt;</code>
<br/>
</p>
<p>
Takes a source file and outputs the file in text format. The allowed formats are zip and TextRecordInputStream.
</p>
</section>
<!-- TOUCHZ -->
<section>
<title> touchz </title>
<p>
<code>Usage: hdfs dfs -touchz URI [URI &#x2026;]</code>
<br/>
</p>
<p>
Create a file of zero length.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code> hadoop -touchz pathname </code>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Exit Code:<br/>
<code> Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.</code></p>
</section>
</section>
</body>
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Hadoop Commands Guide
---
---
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%{toc}
Overview
All hadoop commands are invoked by the <<<bin/hadoop>>> script. Running the
hadoop script without any arguments prints the description for all
commands.
Usage: <<<hadoop [--config confdir] [COMMAND] [GENERIC_OPTIONS] [COMMAND_OPTIONS]>>>
Hadoop has an option parsing framework that employs parsing generic
options as well as running classes.
*-----------------------+---------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*-----------------------+---------------+
| <<<--config confdir>>>| Overwrites the default Configuration directory. Default is <<<${HADOOP_HOME}/conf>>>.
*-----------------------+---------------+
| GENERIC_OPTIONS | The common set of options supported by multiple commands.
| COMMAND_OPTIONS | Various commands with their options are described in the following sections. The commands have been grouped into User Commands and Administration Commands.
*-----------------------+---------------+
Generic Options
The following options are supported by {{dfsadmin}}, {{fs}}, {{fsck}},
{{job}} and {{fetchdt}}. Applications should implement {{{some_useful_url}Tool}} to support
{{{another_useful_url}GenericOptions}}.
*------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|| GENERIC_OPTION || Description
*------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|<<<-conf \<configuration file\> >>> | Specify an application
| configuration file.
*------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|<<<-D \<property\>=\<value\> >>> | Use value for given property.
*------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|<<<-jt \<local\> or \<jobtracker:port\> >>> | Specify a job tracker.
| Applies only to job.
*------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|<<<-files \<comma separated list of files\> >>> | Specify comma separated files
| to be copied to the map
| reduce cluster. Applies only
| to job.
*------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|<<<-libjars \<comma seperated list of jars\> >>>| Specify comma separated jar
| files to include in the
| classpath. Applies only to
| job.
*------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|<<<-archives \<comma separated list of archives\> >>> | Specify comma separated
| archives to be unarchived on
| the compute machines. Applies
| only to job.
*------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
User Commands
Commands useful for users of a hadoop cluster.
* <<<archive>>>
Creates a hadoop archive. More information can be found at Hadoop
Archives.
Usage: <<<hadoop archive -archiveName NAME <src>* <dest> >>>
*-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
||COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| -archiveName NAME | Name of the archive to be created.
*-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| src | Filesystem pathnames which work as usual with regular
| expressions.
*-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| dest | Destination directory which would contain the archive.
*-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<distcp>>>
Copy file or directories recursively. More information can be found at
Hadoop DistCp Guide.
Usage: <<<hadoop distcp <srcurl> <desturl> >>>
*-------------------+--------------------------------------------+
||COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*-------------------+--------------------------------------------+
| srcurl | Source Url
*-------------------+--------------------------------------------+
| desturl | Destination Url
*-------------------+--------------------------------------------+
* <<<fs>>>
Usage: <<<hadoop fs [GENERIC_OPTIONS] [COMMAND_OPTIONS]>>>
Deprecated, use <<<hdfs dfs>>> instead.
Runs a generic filesystem user client.
The various COMMAND_OPTIONS can be found at File System Shell Guide.
* <<<fsck>>>
Runs a HDFS filesystem checking utility. See {{Fsck}} for more info.
Usage: <<<hadoop fsck [GENERIC_OPTIONS] <path> [-move | -delete | -openforwrite] [-files [-blocks [-locations | -racks]]]>>>
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| <path> | Start checking from this path.
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -move | Move corrupted files to /lost+found
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -delete | Delete corrupted files.
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -openforwrite | Print out files opened for write.
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -files | Print out files being checked.
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -blocks | Print out block report.
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -locations | Print out locations for every block.
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -racks | Print out network topology for data-node locations.
*------------------+---------------------------------------------+
* <<<fetchdt>>>
Gets Delegation Token from a NameNode. See {{fetchdt}} for more info.
Usage: <<<hadoop fetchdt [GENERIC_OPTIONS] [--webservice <namenode_http_addr>] <path> >>>
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| <fileName> | File name to store the token into.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| --webservice <https_address> | use http protocol instead of RPC
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
* <<<jar>>>
Runs a jar file. Users can bundle their Map Reduce code in a jar file and
execute it using this command.
Usage: <<<hadoop jar <jar> [mainClass] args...>>>
The streaming jobs are run via this command. Examples can be referred from
Streaming examples
Word count example is also run using jar command. It can be referred from
Wordcount example
* <<<job>>>
Command to interact with Map Reduce Jobs.
Usage: <<<hadoop job [GENERIC_OPTIONS] [-submit <job-file>] | [-status <job-id>] | [-counter <job-id> <group-name> <counter-name>] | [-kill <job-id>] | [-events <job-id> <from-event-#> <#-of-events>] | [-history [all] <jobOutputDir>] | [-list [all]] | [-kill-task <task-id>] | [-fail-task <task-id>] | [-set-priority <job-id> <priority>]>>>
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -submit <job-file> | Submits the job.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -status <job-id> | Prints the map and reduce completion
| percentage and all job counters.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -counter <job-id> <group-name> <counter-name> | Prints the counter value.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -kill <job-id> | Kills the job.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -events <job-id> <from-event-#> <#-of-events> | Prints the events' details
| received by jobtracker for the given range.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -history [all]<jobOutputDir> | Prints job details, failed and killed tip
| details. More details about the job such as
| successful tasks and task attempts made for
| each task can be viewed by specifying the [all]
| option.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -list [all] | Displays jobs which are yet to complete.
| <<<-list all>>> displays all jobs.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -kill-task <task-id> | Kills the task. Killed tasks are NOT counted
| against failed attempts.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -fail-task <task-id> | Fails the task. Failed tasks are counted
| against failed attempts.
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| -set-priority <job-id> <priority> | Changes the priority of the job. Allowed
| priority values are VERY_HIGH, HIGH, NORMAL,
| LOW, VERY_LOW
*------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
* <<<pipes>>>
Runs a pipes job.
Usage: <<<hadoop pipes [-conf <path>] [-jobconf <key=value>, <key=value>,
...] [-input <path>] [-output <path>] [-jar <jar file>] [-inputformat
<class>] [-map <class>] [-partitioner <class>] [-reduce <class>] [-writer
<class>] [-program <executable>] [-reduces <num>]>>>
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -conf <path> | Configuration for job
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -jobconf <key=value>, <key=value>, ... | Add/override configuration for job
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -input <path> | Input directory
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -output <path> | Output directory
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -jar <jar file> | Jar filename
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -inputformat <class> | InputFormat class
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -map <class> | Java Map class
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -partitioner <class> | Java Partitioner
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -reduce <class> | Java Reduce class
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -writer <class> | Java RecordWriter
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -program <executable> | Executable URI
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| -reduces <num> | Number of reduces
*----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
* <<<queue>>>
command to interact and view Job Queue information
Usage: <<<hadoop queue [-list] | [-info <job-queue-name> [-showJobs]] | [-showacls]>>>
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -list | Gets list of Job Queues configured in the system.
| Along with scheduling information associated with the job queues.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -info <job-queue-name> [-showJobs] | Displays the job queue information and
| associated scheduling information of particular job queue.
| If <<<-showJobs>>> options is present a list of jobs
| submitted to the particular job queue is displayed.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -showacls | Displays the queue name and associated queue operations
| allowed for the current user. The list consists of only
| those queues to which the user has access.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<version>>>
Prints the version.
Usage: <<<hadoop version>>>
* <<<CLASSNAME>>>
hadoop script can be used to invoke any class.
Usage: <<<hadoop CLASSNAME>>>
Runs the class named <<<CLASSNAME>>>.
* <<<classpath>>>
Prints the class path needed to get the Hadoop jar and the required
libraries.
Usage: <<<hadoop classpath>>>
Administration Commands
Commands useful for administrators of a hadoop cluster.
* <<<balancer>>>
Runs a cluster balancing utility. An administrator can simply press Ctrl-C
to stop the rebalancing process. See Rebalancer for more details.
Usage: <<<hadoop balancer [-threshold <threshold>]>>>
*------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION | Description
*------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -threshold <threshold> | Percentage of disk capacity. This overwrites the
| default threshold.
*------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<daemonlog>>>
Get/Set the log level for each daemon.
Usage: <<<hadoop daemonlog -getlevel <host:port> <name> >>>
Usage: <<<hadoop daemonlog -setlevel <host:port> <name> <level> >>>
*------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -getlevel <host:port> <name> | Prints the log level of the daemon running at
| <host:port>. This command internally connects
| to http://<host:port>/logLevel?log=<name>
*------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -setlevel <host:port> <name> <level> | Sets the log level of the daemon
| running at <host:port>. This command internally
| connects to http://<host:port>/logLevel?log=<name>
*------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<datanode>>>
Runs a HDFS datanode.
Usage: <<<hadoop datanode [-rollback]>>>
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -rollback | Rollsback the datanode to the previous version. This should
| be used after stopping the datanode and distributing the old
| hadoop version.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<dfsadmin>>>
Runs a HDFS dfsadmin client.
Usage: <<<hadoop dfsadmin [GENERIC_OPTIONS] [-report] [-safemode enter | leave | get | wait] [-refreshNodes] [-finalizeUpgrade] [-upgradeProgress status | details | force] [-metasave filename] [-setQuota <quota> <dirname>...<dirname>] [-clrQuota <dirname>...<dirname>] [-help [cmd]]>>>
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
| -report | Reports basic filesystem information and statistics.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -safemode enter / leave / get / wait | Safe mode maintenance command. Safe
| mode is a Namenode state in which it \
| 1. does not accept changes to the name space (read-only) \
| 2. does not replicate or delete blocks. \
| Safe mode is entered automatically at Namenode startup, and
| leaves safe mode automatically when the configured minimum
| percentage of blocks satisfies the minimum replication
| condition. Safe mode can also be entered manually, but then
| it can only be turned off manually as well.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -refreshNodes | Re-read the hosts and exclude files to update the set of
| Datanodes that are allowed to connect to the Namenode and
| those that should be decommissioned or recommissioned.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -finalizeUpgrade| Finalize upgrade of HDFS. Datanodes delete their previous
| version working directories, followed by Namenode doing the
| same. This completes the upgrade process.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -upgradeProgress status / details / force | Request current distributed
| upgrade status, a detailed status or force the upgrade to
| proceed.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -metasave filename | Save Namenode's primary data structures to <filename> in
| the directory specified by hadoop.log.dir property.
| <filename> will contain one line for each of the following\
| 1. Datanodes heart beating with Namenode\
| 2. Blocks waiting to be replicated\
| 3. Blocks currrently being replicated\
| 4. Blocks waiting to be deleted\
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -setQuota <quota> <dirname>...<dirname> | Set the quota <quota> for each
| directory <dirname>. The directory quota is a long integer
| that puts a hard limit on the number of names in the
| directory tree. Best effort for the directory, with faults
| reported if \
| 1. N is not a positive integer, or \
| 2. user is not an administrator, or \
| 3. the directory does not exist or is a file, or \
| 4. the directory would immediately exceed the new quota. \
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -clrQuota <dirname>...<dirname> | Clear the quota for each directory
| <dirname>. Best effort for the directory. with fault
| reported if \
| 1. the directory does not exist or is a file, or \
| 2. user is not an administrator. It does not fault if the
| directory has no quota.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -help [cmd] | Displays help for the given command or all commands if none
| is specified.
*-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<mradmin>>>
Runs MR admin client
Usage: <<<hadoop mradmin [ GENERIC_OPTIONS ] [-refreshQueueAcls]>>>
*-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -refreshQueueAcls | Refresh the queue acls used by hadoop, to check access
| during submissions and administration of the job by the
| user. The properties present in mapred-queue-acls.xml is
| reloaded by the queue manager.
*-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<jobtracker>>>
Runs the MapReduce job Tracker node.
Usage: <<<hadoop jobtracker [-dumpConfiguration]>>>
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -dumpConfiguration | Dumps the configuration used by the JobTracker alongwith
| queue configuration in JSON format into Standard output
| used by the jobtracker and exits.
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<namenode>>>
Runs the namenode. More info about the upgrade, rollback and finalize is
at Upgrade Rollback
Usage: <<<hadoop namenode [-format] | [-upgrade] | [-rollback] | [-finalize] | [-importCheckpoint]>>>
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -format | Formats the namenode. It starts the namenode, formats
| it and then shut it down.
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -upgrade | Namenode should be started with upgrade option after
| the distribution of new hadoop version.
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -rollback | Rollsback the namenode to the previous version. This
| should be used after stopping the cluster and
| distributing the old hadoop version.
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -finalize | Finalize will remove the previous state of the files
| system. Recent upgrade will become permanent. Rollback
| option will not be available anymore. After finalization
| it shuts the namenode down.
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -importCheckpoint | Loads image from a checkpoint directory and save it
| into the current one. Checkpoint dir is read from
| property fs.checkpoint.dir
*--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<secondarynamenode>>>
Runs the HDFS secondary namenode. See Secondary Namenode for more
info.
Usage: <<<hadoop secondarynamenode [-checkpoint [force]] | [-geteditsize]>>>
*----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|| COMMAND_OPTION || Description
*----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -checkpoint [-force] | Checkpoints the Secondary namenode if EditLog size
| >= fs.checkpoint.size. If <<<-force>>> is used,
| checkpoint irrespective of EditLog size.
*----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| -geteditsize | Prints the EditLog size.
*----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
* <<<tasktracker>>>
Runs a MapReduce task Tracker node.
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---
File System Shell Guide
---
---
${maven.build.timestamp}
%{toc}
Overview
The File System (FS) shell includes various shell-like commands that
directly interact with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) as well as
other file systems that Hadoop supports, such as Local FS, HFTP FS, S3 FS,
and others. The FS shell is invoked by:
+---
bin/hadoop fs <args>
+---
All FS shell commands take path URIs as arguments. The URI format is
<<<scheme://authority/path>>>. For HDFS the scheme is <<<hdfs>>>, and for
the Local FS the scheme is <<<file>>>. The scheme and authority are
optional. If not specified, the default scheme specified in the
configuration is used. An HDFS file or directory such as /parent/child can
be specified as <<<hdfs://namenodehost/parent/child>>> or simply as
<<</parent/child>>> (given that your configuration is set to point to
<<<hdfs://namenodehost>>>).
Most of the commands in FS shell behave like corresponding Unix commands.
Differences are described with each of the commands. Error information is
sent to stderr and the output is sent to stdout.
cat
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -cat URI [URI ...]>>>
Copies source paths to stdout.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -cat hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn2.example.com/file2>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -cat file:///file3 /user/hadoop/file4>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
chgrp
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -chgrp [-R] GROUP URI [URI ...]>>>
Change group association of files. With -R, make the change recursively
through the directory structure. The user must be the owner of files, or
else a super-user. Additional information is in the
{{{betterurl}Permissions Guide}}.
chmod
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -chmod [-R] <MODE[,MODE]... | OCTALMODE> URI [URI ...]>>>
Change the permissions of files. With -R, make the change recursively
through the directory structure. The user must be the owner of the file, or
else a super-user. Additional information is in the
{{{betterurl}Permissions Guide}}.
chown
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -chown [-R] [OWNER][:[GROUP]] URI [URI ]>>>
Change the owner of files. With -R, make the change recursively through the
directory structure. The user must be a super-user. Additional information
is in the {{{betterurl}Permissions Guide}}.
copyFromLocal
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal <localsrc> URI>>>
Similar to put command, except that the source is restricted to a local
file reference.
copyToLocal
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -copyToLocal [-ignorecrc] [-crc] URI <localdst> >>>
Similar to get command, except that the destination is restricted to a
local file reference.
count
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -count [-q] <paths> >>>
Count the number of directories, files and bytes under the paths that match
the specified file pattern. The output columns with -count are: DIR_COUNT,
FILE_COUNT, CONTENT_SIZE FILE_NAME
The output columns with -count -q are: QUOTA, REMAINING_QUATA, SPACE_QUOTA,
REMAINING_SPACE_QUOTA, DIR_COUNT, FILE_COUNT, CONTENT_SIZE, FILE_NAME
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -count hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn2.example.com/file2>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -count -q hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
cp
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -cp URI [URI ...] <dest> >>>
Copy files from source to destination. This command allows multiple sources
as well in which case the destination must be a directory.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -cp /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -cp /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2 /user/hadoop/dir>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
du
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -du [-s] [-h] URI [URI ...]>>>
Displays sizes of files and directories contained in the given directory or
the length of a file in case its just a file.
Options:
* The -s option will result in an aggregate summary of file lengths being
displayed, rather than the individual files.
* The -h option will format file sizes in a "human-readable" fashion (e.g
64.0m instead of 67108864)
Example:
* hdfs dfs -du /user/hadoop/dir1 /user/hadoop/file1 hdfs://nn.example.com/user/hadoop/dir1
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
dus
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -dus <args> >>>
Displays a summary of file lengths. This is an alternate form of hdfs dfs -du -s.
expunge
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -expunge>>>
Empty the Trash. Refer to the {{{betterurl}HDFS Architecture Guide}} for
more information on the Trash feature.
get
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -get [-ignorecrc] [-crc] <src> <localdst> >>>
Copy files to the local file system. Files that fail the CRC check may be
copied with the -ignorecrc option. Files and CRCs may be copied using the
-crc option.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -get /user/hadoop/file localfile>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -get hdfs://nn.example.com/user/hadoop/file localfile>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
getmerge
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -getmerge <src> <localdst> [addnl]>>>
Takes a source directory and a destination file as input and concatenates
files in src into the destination local file. Optionally addnl can be set to
enable adding a newline character at the
end of each file.
ls
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -ls <args> >>>
For a file returns stat on the file with the following format:
+---+
permissions number_of_replicas userid groupid filesize modification_date modification_time filename
+---+
For a directory it returns list of its direct children as in unix.A directory is listed as:
+---+
permissions userid groupid modification_date modification_time dirname
+---+
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -ls /user/hadoop/file1>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
lsr
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -lsr <args> >>>
Recursive version of ls. Similar to Unix ls -R.
mkdir
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -mkdir [-p] <paths> >>>
Takes path uri's as argument and creates directories. With -p the behavior
is much like unix mkdir -p creating parent directories along the path.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -mkdir /user/hadoop/dir1 /user/hadoop/dir2>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -mkdir hdfs://nn1.example.com/user/hadoop/dir hdfs://nn2.example.com/user/hadoop/dir>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
moveFromLocal
Usage: <<<dfs -moveFromLocal <localsrc> <dst> >>>
Similar to put command, except that the source localsrc is deleted after
it's copied.
moveToLocal
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -moveToLocal [-crc] <src> <dst> >>>
Displays a "Not implemented yet" message.
mv
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -mv URI [URI ...] <dest> >>>
Moves files from source to destination. This command allows multiple sources
as well in which case the destination needs to be a directory. Moving files
across file systems is not permitted.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -mv /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -mv hdfs://nn.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn.example.com/file2 hdfs://nn.example.com/file3 hdfs://nn.example.com/dir1>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
put
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -put <localsrc> ... <dst> >>>
Copy single src, or multiple srcs from local file system to the destination
file system. Also reads input from stdin and writes to destination file
system.
* <<<hdfs dfs -put localfile /user/hadoop/hadoopfile>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -put localfile1 localfile2 /user/hadoop/hadoopdir>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -put localfile hdfs://nn.example.com/hadoop/hadoopfile>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -put - hdfs://nn.example.com/hadoop/hadoopfile>>>
Reads the input from stdin.
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
rm
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -rm [-skipTrash] URI [URI ...]>>>
Delete files specified as args. Only deletes non empty directory and files.
If the -skipTrash option is specified, the trash, if enabled, will be
bypassed and the specified file(s) deleted immediately. This can be useful
when it is necessary to delete files from an over-quota directory. Refer to
rmr for recursive deletes.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -rm hdfs://nn.example.com/file /user/hadoop/emptydir>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
rmr
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -rmr [-skipTrash] URI [URI ...]>>>
Recursive version of delete. If the -skipTrash option is specified, the
trash, if enabled, will be bypassed and the specified file(s) deleted
immediately. This can be useful when it is necessary to delete files from an
over-quota directory.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -rmr /user/hadoop/dir>>>
* <<<hdfs dfs -rmr hdfs://nn.example.com/user/hadoop/dir>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
setrep
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -setrep [-R] <path> >>>
Changes the replication factor of a file. -R option is for recursively
increasing the replication factor of files within a directory.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -setrep -w 3 -R /user/hadoop/dir1>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
stat
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -stat URI [URI ...]>>>
Returns the stat information on the path.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -stat path>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
tail
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -tail [-f] URI>>>
Displays last kilobyte of the file to stdout. -f option can be used as in
Unix.
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -tail pathname>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
test
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -test -[ezd] URI>>>
Options:
*----+------------+
| -e | check to see if the file exists. Return 0 if true.
*----+------------+
| -z | check to see if the file is zero length. Return 0 if true.
*----+------------+
| -d | check to see if the path is directory. Return 0 if true.
*----+------------+
Example:
* <<<hdfs dfs -test -e filename>>>
text
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -text <src> >>>
Takes a source file and outputs the file in text format. The allowed formats
are zip and TextRecordInputStream.
touchz
Usage: <<<hdfs dfs -touchz URI [URI ...]>>>
Create a file of zero length.
Example:
* <<<hadoop -touchz pathname>>>
Exit Code:
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

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* Introduction
This document describes how to configure Hadoop HTTP web-consoles to
require user authentication.
By default Hadoop HTTP web-consoles (JobTracker, NameNode, TaskTrackers
and DataNodes) allow access without any form of authentication.
Similarly to Hadoop RPC, Hadoop HTTP web-consoles can be configured to
require Kerberos authentication using HTTP SPNEGO protocol (supported
by browsers like Firefox and Internet Explorer).
In addition, Hadoop HTTP web-consoles support the equivalent of
Hadoop's Pseudo/Simple authentication. If this option is enabled, user
must specify their user name in the first browser interaction using the
user.name query string parameter. For example:
<<<http://localhost:50030/jobtracker.jsp?user.name=babu>>>.
If a custom authentication mechanism is required for the HTTP
web-consoles, it is possible to implement a plugin to support the
alternate authentication mechanism (refer to Hadoop hadoop-auth for details
on writing an <<<AuthenticatorHandler>>>).
The next section describes how to configure Hadoop HTTP web-consoles to
require user authentication.
* Configuration
The following properties should be in the <<<core-site.xml>>> of all the
nodes in the cluster.
<<<hadoop.http.filter.initializers>>>: add to this property the
<<<org.apache.hadoop.security.AuthenticationFilterInitializer>>> initializer
class.
<<<hadoop.http.authentication.type>>>: Defines authentication used for the
HTTP web-consoles. The supported values are: <<<simple>>> | <<<kerberos>>> |
<<<#AUTHENTICATION_HANDLER_CLASSNAME#>>>. The dfeault value is <<<simple>>>.
<<<hadoop.http.authentication.token.validity>>>: Indicates how long (in
seconds) an authentication token is valid before it has to be renewed.
The default value is <<<36000>>>.
<<<hadoop.http.authentication.signature.secret.file>>>: The signature secret
file for signing the authentication tokens. If not set a random secret is
generated at startup time. The same secret should be used for all nodes
in the cluster, JobTracker, NameNode, DataNode and TastTracker. The
default value is <<<${user.home}/hadoop-http-auth-signature-secret>>>.
IMPORTANT: This file should be readable only by the Unix user running the
daemons.
<<<hadoop.http.authentication.cookie.domain>>>: The domain to use for the
HTTP cookie that stores the authentication token. In order to
authentiation to work correctly across all nodes in the cluster the
domain must be correctly set. There is no default value, the HTTP
cookie will not have a domain working only with the hostname issuing
the HTTP cookie.
IMPORTANT: when using IP addresses, browsers ignore cookies with domain
settings. For this setting to work properly all nodes in the cluster
must be configured to generate URLs with <<<hostname.domain>>> names on it.
<<<hadoop.http.authentication.simple.anonymous.allowed>>>: Indicates if
anonymous requests are allowed when using 'simple' authentication. The
default value is <<<true>>>
<<<hadoop.http.authentication.kerberos.principal>>>: Indicates the Kerberos
principal to be used for HTTP endpoint when using 'kerberos'
authentication. The principal short name must be <<<HTTP>>> per Kerberos HTTP
SPNEGO specification. The default value is <<<HTTP/_HOST@$LOCALHOST>>>,
where <<<_HOST>>> -if present- is replaced with bind address of the HTTP
server.
<<<hadoop.http.authentication.kerberos.keytab>>>: Location of the keytab file
with the credentials for the Kerberos principal used for the HTTP
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<document>
<header>
<title>
HDFS Architecture Guide
</title>
<authors>
<person name="Dhruba Borthakur" email="dhruba@yahoo-inc.com"/>
</authors>
</header>
<body>
<section>
<title> Introduction </title>
<p>
The Hadoop Distributed File System (<acronym title="Hadoop Distributed File System">HDFS</acronym>) is a distributed file system
designed to run on commodity hardware. It has many similarities with existing distributed file systems. However, the differences from
other distributed file systems are significant. HDFS is highly fault-tolerant and is designed to be deployed on low-cost hardware.
HDFS provides high throughput access to application data and is suitable for applications that have large data sets. HDFS relaxes
a few POSIX requirements to enable streaming access to file system data. HDFS was originally built as infrastructure for the
Apache Nutch web search engine project. HDFS is now an Apache Hadoop subproject.
The project URL is <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/">http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Assumptions and Goals </title>
<section>
<title> Hardware Failure </title>
<p>
Hardware failure is the norm rather than the exception. An HDFS instance may consist of hundreds or thousands of server machines,
each storing part of the file system&#x2019;s data. The fact that there are a huge number of components and that each component has
a non-trivial probability of failure means that some component of HDFS is always non-functional. Therefore, detection of faults and quick,
automatic recovery from them is a core architectural goal of HDFS.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Streaming Data Access </title>
<p>
Applications that run on HDFS need streaming access to their data sets. They are not general purpose applications that typically run
on general purpose file systems. HDFS is designed more for batch processing rather than interactive use by users. The emphasis is on
high throughput of data access rather than low latency of data access. POSIX imposes many hard requirements that are not needed for
applications that are targeted for HDFS. POSIX semantics in a few key areas has been traded to increase data throughput rates.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Large Data Sets </title>
<p>
Applications that run on HDFS have large data sets. A typical file in HDFS is gigabytes to terabytes in size. Thus, HDFS is tuned to
support large files. It should provide high aggregate data bandwidth and scale to thousands of nodes in a single cluster. It should support
tens of millions of files in a single instance.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Appending-Writes and File Syncs </title>
<p>
Most HDFS applications need a write-once-read-many access model for files. HDFS provides two additional advanced features: hflush and
append. Hflush makes the last block of an unclosed file visible to readers while providing read consistency and data durability. Append
provides a mechanism for opening a closed file to add additional data.
</p>
<p>
For complete details of the hflush and append design, see the
<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12445209/appendDesign3.pdf">Append/Hflush/Read Design document</a> (PDF).
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> &#x201c;Moving Computation is Cheaper than Moving Data&#x201d; </title>
<p>
A computation requested by an application is much more efficient if it is executed near the data it operates on. This is especially true
when the size of the data set is huge. This minimizes network congestion and increases the overall throughput of the system. The
assumption is that it is often better to migrate the computation closer to where the data is located rather than moving the data to where
the application is running. HDFS provides interfaces for applications to move themselves closer to where the data is located.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Portability Across Heterogeneous Hardware and Software Platforms </title>
<p>
HDFS has been designed to be easily portable from one platform to another. This facilitates widespread adoption of HDFS as a
platform of choice for a large set of applications.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title> NameNode and DataNodes </title>
<p>
HDFS has a master/slave architecture. An HDFS cluster consists of a single NameNode, a master server that manages the file
system namespace and regulates access to files by clients. In addition, there are a number of DataNodes, usually one per node
in the cluster, which manage storage attached to the nodes that they run on. HDFS exposes a file system namespace and allows
user data to be stored in files. Internally, a file is split into one or more blocks and these blocks are stored in a set of DataNodes.
The NameNode executes file system namespace operations like opening, closing, and renaming files and directories. It also
determines the mapping of blocks to DataNodes. The DataNodes are responsible for serving read and write requests from the file
system&#x2019;s clients. The DataNodes also perform block creation, deletion, and replication upon instruction from the NameNode.
</p>
<figure alt="HDFS Architecture" src="images/hdfsarchitecture.gif"/>
<p>
The NameNode and DataNode are pieces of software designed to run on commodity machines. These machines typically run a
GNU/Linux operating system (<acronym title="operating system">OS</acronym>). HDFS is built using the Java language; any
machine that supports Java can run the NameNode or the DataNode software. Usage of the highly portable Java language means
that HDFS can be deployed on a wide range of machines. A typical deployment has a dedicated machine that runs only the
NameNode software. Each of the other machines in the cluster runs one instance of the DataNode software. The architecture
does not preclude running multiple DataNodes on the same machine but in a real deployment that is rarely the case.
</p>
<p>
The existence of a single NameNode in a cluster greatly simplifies the architecture of the system. The NameNode is the arbitrator
and repository for all HDFS metadata. The system is designed in such a way that user data never flows through the NameNode.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> The File System Namespace </title>
<p>
HDFS supports a traditional hierarchical file organization. A user or an application can create directories and store files inside
these directories. The file system namespace hierarchy is similar to most other existing file systems; one can create and
remove files, move a file from one directory to another, or rename a file. HDFS implements user quotas for number of names and
amount of data stored in a particular directory (See
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_quota_admin_guide.html">HDFS Quota Admin Guide</a>). In addition, HDFS
supports <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.html#createSymlink(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path, org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path, boolean)">symbolic links</a>.
</p>
<p>
The NameNode maintains the file system namespace. Any change to the file system namespace or its properties is
recorded by the NameNode. An application can specify the number of replicas of a file that should be maintained by
HDFS. The number of copies of a file is called the replication factor of that file. This information is stored by the NameNode.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Data Replication </title>
<p>
HDFS is designed to reliably store very large files across machines in a large cluster. It stores each file as a sequence
of blocks; all blocks in a file except the last block are the same size. The blocks of a file are replicated for fault tolerance.
The block size and replication factor are configurable per file. An application can specify the number of replicas of a file.
The replication factor can be specified at file creation time and can be changed later. Files in HDFS are strictly one writer at any
time.
</p>
<p>
The NameNode makes all decisions regarding replication of blocks. It periodically receives a Heartbeat and a Blockreport
from each of the DataNodes in the cluster. Receipt of a Heartbeat implies that the DataNode is functioning properly. A
Blockreport contains a list of all blocks on a DataNode.
</p>
<figure alt="HDFS DataNodes" src="images/hdfsdatanodes.gif"/>
<section>
<title> Replica Placement: The First Baby Steps </title>
<p>
The placement of replicas is critical to HDFS reliability and performance. Optimizing replica placement distinguishes
HDFS from most other distributed file systems. This is a feature that needs lots of tuning and experience. The purpose
of a rack-aware replica placement policy is to improve data reliability, availability, and network bandwidth utilization.
The current implementation for the replica placement policy is a first effort in this direction. The short-term goals of
implementing this policy are to validate it on production systems, learn more about its behavior, and build a foundation
to test and research more sophisticated policies.
</p>
<p>
Large HDFS instances run on a cluster of computers that commonly spread across many racks. Communication
between two nodes in different racks has to go through switches. In most cases, network bandwidth between machines
in the same rack is greater than network bandwidth between machines in different racks.
</p>
<p>
The NameNode determines the rack id each DataNode belongs to via the process outlined in
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/cluster_setup.html#Hadoop+Rack+Awareness">Hadoop Rack Awareness</a>.
A simple but non-optimal policy is to place replicas on unique racks. This prevents losing data when an entire rack
fails and allows use of bandwidth from multiple racks when reading data. This policy evenly distributes replicas in
the cluster which makes it easy to balance load on component failure. However, this policy increases the cost of
writes because a write needs to transfer blocks to multiple racks.
</p>
<p>
For the common case, when the replication factor is three, HDFS&#x2019;s placement policy is to put one replica
on one node in the local rack, another on a node in a different (remote) rack, and the last on a different node in the
same remote rack. This policy cuts the inter-rack write traffic which generally improves write performance. The
chance of rack failure is far less than that of node failure; this policy does not impact data reliability and availability
guarantees. However, it does reduce the aggregate network bandwidth used when reading data since a block is
placed in only two unique racks rather than three. With this policy, the replicas of a file do not evenly distribute
across the racks. One third of replicas are on one node, two thirds of replicas are on one rack, and the other third
are evenly distributed across the remaining racks. This policy improves write performance without compromising
data reliability or read performance.
</p>
<p>
In addition to the default placement policy described above, HDFS also provides a pluggable interface for block placement. See
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/api/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/BlockPlacementPolicy.html">BlockPlacementPolicy</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Replica Selection </title>
<p>
To minimize global bandwidth consumption and read latency, HDFS tries to satisfy a read request from a replica
that is closest to the reader. If there exists a replica on the same rack as the reader node, then that replica is
preferred to satisfy the read request. If an HDFS cluster spans multiple data centers, then a replica that is
resident in the local data center is preferred over any remote replica.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Safemode </title>
<p>
On startup, the NameNode enters a special state called Safemode. Replication of data blocks does not occur
when the NameNode is in the Safemode state. The NameNode receives Heartbeat and Blockreport messages
from the DataNodes. A Blockreport contains the list of data blocks that a DataNode is hosting. Each block
has a specified minimum number of replicas. A block is considered safely replicated when the minimum number
of replicas of that data block has checked in with the NameNode. After a configurable percentage of safely
replicated data blocks checks in with the NameNode (plus an additional 30 seconds), the NameNode exits
the Safemode state. It then determines the list of data blocks (if any) that still have fewer than the specified
number of replicas. The NameNode then replicates these blocks to other DataNodes.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title> The Persistence of File System Metadata </title>
<p>
The HDFS namespace is stored by the NameNode. The NameNode uses a transaction log called the EditLog
to persistently record every change that occurs to file system metadata. For example, creating a new file in
HDFS causes the NameNode to insert a record into the EditLog indicating this. Similarly, changing the
replication factor of a file causes a new record to be inserted into the EditLog. The NameNode uses a file
in its local host OS file system to store the EditLog. The entire file system namespace, including the mapping
of blocks to files and file system properties, is stored in a file called the FsImage. The FsImage is stored as
a file in the NameNode&#x2019;s local file system too.
</p>
<p>
The NameNode keeps an image of the entire file system namespace and file Blockmap in memory. This key
metadata item is designed to be compact, such that a NameNode with 4 GB of RAM is plenty to support a
huge number of files and directories. When the NameNode starts up, it reads the FsImage and EditLog from
disk, applies all the transactions from the EditLog to the in-memory representation of the FsImage, and flushes
out this new version into a new FsImage on disk. It can then truncate the old EditLog because its transactions
have been applied to the persistent FsImage. This process is called a checkpoint. The
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Checkpoint+Node">Checkpoint Node</a> is a
separate daemon that can be configured to periodically build checkpoints from the FsImage and EditLog which are
uploaded to the NameNode. The
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/docs/current/hdfs_user_guide.html#Backup+Node">Backup Node</a> builds
checkpoints like the Checkpoint Node and also maintains an up-to-date copy of the FsImage in memory.
</p>
<p>
The DataNode stores HDFS data in files in its local file system. The DataNode has no knowledge about HDFS files.
It stores each block of HDFS data in a separate file in its local file system. The DataNode does not create all files
in the same directory. Instead, it uses a heuristic to determine the optimal number of files per directory and creates
subdirectories appropriately. It is not optimal to create all local files in the same directory because the local file
system might not be able to efficiently support a huge number of files in a single directory. When a DataNode starts
up, it scans through its local file system, generates a list of all HDFS data blocks that correspond to each of these
local files and sends this report to the NameNode: this is the Blockreport.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> The Communication Protocols </title>
<p>
All HDFS communication protocols are layered on top of the TCP/IP protocol. A client establishes a connection to
a configurable <acronym title="Transmission Control Protocol">TCP</acronym> port on the NameNode machine.
It talks the ClientProtocol with the NameNode. The DataNodes talk to the NameNode using the DataNode Protocol.
A Remote Procedure Call (<acronym title="Remote Procedure Call">RPC</acronym>) abstraction wraps both the
Client Protocol and the DataNode Protocol. By design, the NameNode never initiates any RPCs. Instead, it only
responds to RPC requests issued by DataNodes or clients.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Robustness </title>
<p>
The primary objective of HDFS is to store data reliably even in the presence of failures. The three common types
of failures are NameNode failures, DataNode failures and network partitions.
</p>
<section>
<title> Data Disk Failure, Heartbeats and Re-Replication </title>
<p>
Each DataNode sends a Heartbeat message to the NameNode periodically. A network partition can cause a
subset of DataNodes to lose connectivity with the NameNode. The NameNode detects this condition by the
absence of a Heartbeat message. The NameNode marks DataNodes without recent Heartbeats as dead and
does not forward any new <acronym title="Input/Output">IO</acronym> requests to them. Any data that was
registered to a dead DataNode is not available to HDFS any more. DataNode death may cause the replication
factor of some blocks to fall below their specified value. The NameNode constantly tracks which blocks need
to be replicated and initiates replication whenever necessary. The necessity for re-replication may arise due
to many reasons: a DataNode may become unavailable, a replica may become corrupted, a hard disk on a
DataNode may fail, or the replication factor of a file may be increased.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Cluster Rebalancing </title>
<p>
The HDFS architecture is compatible with data rebalancing schemes. A scheme might automatically move
data from one DataNode to another if the free space on a DataNode falls below a certain threshold. In the
event of a sudden high demand for a particular file, a scheme might dynamically create additional replicas
and rebalance other data in the cluster. These types of data rebalancing schemes are not yet implemented.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Data Integrity </title>
<p>
<!-- XXX "checksum checking" sounds funny -->
It is possible that a block of data fetched from a DataNode arrives corrupted. This corruption can occur
because of faults in a storage device, network faults, or buggy software. The HDFS client software
implements checksum checking on the contents of HDFS files. When a client creates an HDFS file,
it computes a checksum of each block of the file and stores these checksums in a separate hidden
file in the same HDFS namespace. When a client retrieves file contents it verifies that the data it
received from each DataNode matches the checksum stored in the associated checksum file. If not,
then the client can opt to retrieve that block from another DataNode that has a replica of that block.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Metadata Disk Failure </title>
<p>
The FsImage and the EditLog are central data structures of HDFS. A corruption of these files can
cause the HDFS instance to be non-functional. For this reason, the NameNode can be configured
to support maintaining multiple copies of the FsImage and EditLog. Any update to either the FsImage
or EditLog causes each of the FsImages and EditLogs to get updated synchronously. This
synchronous updating of multiple copies of the FsImage and EditLog may degrade the rate of
namespace transactions per second that a NameNode can support. However, this degradation is
acceptable because even though HDFS applications are very data intensive in nature, they are not
metadata intensive. When a NameNode restarts, it selects the latest consistent FsImage and EditLog to use.
</p>
<p>
The NameNode machine is a single point of failure for an HDFS cluster. If the NameNode machine fails,
manual intervention is necessary. Currently, automatic restart and failover of the NameNode software to
another machine is not supported.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Snapshots </title>
<p>
Snapshots support storing a copy of data at a particular instant of time. One usage of the snapshot
feature may be to roll back a corrupted HDFS instance to a previously known good point in time.
HDFS does not currently support snapshots but will in a future release.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<!-- XXX Better name -->
<title> Data Organization </title>
<section>
<title> Data Blocks </title>
<p>
HDFS is designed to support very large files. Applications that are compatible with HDFS are those
that deal with large data sets. These applications write their data only once but they read it one or
more times and require these reads to be satisfied at streaming speeds. HDFS supports
write-once-read-many semantics on files. A typical block size used by HDFS is 64 MB. Thus,
an HDFS file is chopped up into 64 MB chunks, and if possible, each chunk will reside on a different DataNode.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Replication Pipelining </title>
<p>
When a client is writing data to an HDFS file with a replication factor of 3, the NameNode retrieves a list of DataNodes using a replication target choosing algorithm.
This list contains the DataNodes that will host a replica of that block. The client then writes to the first DataNode. The first DataNode starts receiving the data in small portions (64 KB, configurable),
writes each portion to its local repository and transfers that portion to the second DataNode in the list.
The second DataNode, in turn starts receiving each portion of the data block, writes that portion to its
repository and then flushes that portion to the third DataNode. Finally, the third DataNode writes the
data to its local repository. Thus, a DataNode can be receiving data from the previous one in the pipeline
and at the same time forwarding data to the next one in the pipeline. Thus, the data is pipelined from
one DataNode to the next.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<!-- XXX "Accessibility" sounds funny - "Interfaces" ? -->
<title> Accessibility </title>
<!-- XXX Make an API section ? (HTTP is "web service" API?) -->
<p>
HDFS can be accessed from applications in many different ways. Natively, HDFS provides a
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/core/docs/current/api/">Java API</a> for applications to
use. A C language wrapper for this Java API is also available. In addition, an HTTP browser
can also be used to browse the files of an HDFS instance. Work is in progress to expose
HDFS through the <acronym title="Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning">WebDAV</acronym> protocol.
</p>
<section>
<title> FS Shell </title>
<p>
HDFS allows user data to be organized in the form of files and directories. It provides a commandline
interface called FS shell that lets a user interact with the data in HDFS. The syntax of this command
set is similar to other shells (e.g. bash, csh) that users are already familiar with. Here are some sample
action/command pairs:
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th> Action </th><th> Command </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Create a directory named <code>/foodir</code> </td>
<td> <code>bin/hadoop dfs -mkdir /foodir</code> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Remove a directory named <code>/foodir</code> </td>
<td> <code>bin/hadoop dfs -rmr /foodir</code> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> View the contents of a file named <code>/foodir/myfile.txt</code> </td>
<td> <code>bin/hadoop dfs -cat /foodir/myfile.txt</code> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
FS shell is targeted for applications that need a scripting language to interact with the stored data.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> DFSAdmin </title>
<p>
The DFSAdmin command set is used for administering an HDFS cluster. These are commands that are
used only by an HDFS administrator. Here are some sample action/command pairs:
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th> Action </th><th> Command </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Put the cluster in Safemode </td> <td> <code>bin/hadoop dfsadmin -safemode enter</code> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Generate a list of DataNodes </td> <td> <code>bin/hadoop dfsadmin -report</code> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Recommission or decommission DataNode(s) </td>
<td> <code>bin/hadoop dfsadmin -refreshNodes</code> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</section>
<section>
<title> Browser Interface </title>
<p>
A typical HDFS install configures a web server to expose the HDFS namespace through
a configurable TCP port. This allows a user to navigate the HDFS namespace and view
the contents of its files using a web browser.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title> Space Reclamation </title>
<section>
<title> File Deletes and Undeletes </title>
<p>
When a file is deleted by a user or an application, it is not immediately removed from HDFS. Instead,
HDFS first renames it to a file in the <code>/trash</code> directory. The file can be restored quickly
as long as it remains in <code>/trash</code>. A file remains in <code>/trash</code> for a configurable
amount of time. After the expiry of its life in <code>/trash</code>, the NameNode deletes the file from
the HDFS namespace. The deletion of a file causes the blocks associated with the file to be freed.
Note that there could be an appreciable time delay between the time a file is deleted by a user and
the time of the corresponding increase in free space in HDFS.
</p>
<p>
A user can Undelete a file after deleting it as long as it remains in the <code>/trash</code> directory.
If a user wants to undelete a file that he/she has deleted, he/she can navigate the <code>/trash</code>
directory and retrieve the file. The <code>/trash</code> directory contains only the latest copy of the file
that was deleted. The <code>/trash</code> directory is just like any other directory with one special
feature: HDFS applies specified policies to automatically delete files from this directory.
By default, the trash feature is disabled. It can be enabled by setting the <em>fs.trash.interval</em> property in core-site.xml to a non-zero value (set as minutes of retention required). The property needs to exist on both client and server side configurations.
</p>
</section>
<section>
<title> Decrease Replication Factor </title>
<p>
When the replication factor of a file is reduced, the NameNode selects excess replicas that can be deleted.
The next Heartbeat transfers this information to the DataNode. The DataNode then removes the corresponding
blocks and the corresponding free space appears in the cluster. Once again, there might be a time delay
between the completion of the <code>setReplication</code> API call and the appearance of free space in the cluster.
</p>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title> References </title>
<p>
HDFS Java API:
<a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/core/docs/current/api/">
http://hadoop.apache.org/core/docs/current/api/
</a>
</p>
<p>
HDFS source code:
<a href= "http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/version_control.html">
http://hadoop.apache.org/hdfs/version_control.html
</a>
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HDFS Architecture
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HDFS Architecture
Introduction
The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) is a distributed file system
designed to run on commodity hardware. It has many similarities with
existing distributed file systems. However, the differences from other
distributed file systems are significant. HDFS is highly fault-tolerant
and is designed to be deployed on low-cost hardware. HDFS provides high
throughput access to application data and is suitable for applications
that have large data sets. HDFS relaxes a few POSIX requirements to
enable streaming access to file system data. HDFS was originally built
as infrastructure for the Apache Nutch web search engine project. HDFS
is part of the Apache Hadoop Core project. The project URL is
{{http://hadoop.apache.org/}}.
Assumptions and Goals
Hardware Failure
Hardware failure is the norm rather than the exception. An HDFS
instance may consist of hundreds or thousands of server machines, each
storing part of the file systems data. The fact that there are a huge
number of components and that each component has a non-trivial
probability of failure means that some component of HDFS is always
non-functional. Therefore, detection of faults and quick, automatic
recovery from them is a core architectural goal of HDFS.
Streaming Data Access
Applications that run on HDFS need streaming access to their data sets.
They are not general purpose applications that typically run on general
purpose file systems. HDFS is designed more for batch processing rather
than interactive use by users. The emphasis is on high throughput of
data access rather than low latency of data access. POSIX imposes many
hard requirements that are not needed for applications that are
targeted for HDFS. POSIX semantics in a few key areas has been traded
to increase data throughput rates.
Large Data Sets
Applications that run on HDFS have large data sets. A typical file in
HDFS is gigabytes to terabytes in size. Thus, HDFS is tuned to support
large files. It should provide high aggregate data bandwidth and scale
to hundreds of nodes in a single cluster. It should support tens of
millions of files in a single instance.
Simple Coherency Model
HDFS applications need a write-once-read-many access model for files. A
file once created, written, and closed need not be changed. This
assumption simplifies data coherency issues and enables high throughput
data access. A Map/Reduce application or a web crawler application fits
perfectly with this model. There is a plan to support appending-writes
to files in the future.
“Moving Computation is Cheaper than Moving Data”
A computation requested by an application is much more efficient if it
is executed near the data it operates on. This is especially true when
the size of the data set is huge. This minimizes network congestion and
increases the overall throughput of the system. The assumption is that
it is often better to migrate the computation closer to where the data
is located rather than moving the data to where the application is
running. HDFS provides interfaces for applications to move themselves
closer to where the data is located.
Portability Across Heterogeneous Hardware and Software Platforms
HDFS has been designed to be easily portable from one platform to
another. This facilitates widespread adoption of HDFS as a platform of
choice for a large set of applications.
NameNode and DataNodes
HDFS has a master/slave architecture. An HDFS cluster consists of a
single NameNode, a master server that manages the file system namespace
and regulates access to files by clients. In addition, there are a
number of DataNodes, usually one per node in the cluster, which manage
storage attached to the nodes that they run on. HDFS exposes a file
system namespace and allows user data to be stored in files.
Internally, a file is split into one or more blocks and these blocks
are stored in a set of DataNodes. The NameNode executes file system
namespace operations like opening, closing, and renaming files and
directories. It also determines the mapping of blocks to DataNodes. The
DataNodes are responsible for serving read and write requests from the
file systems clients. The DataNodes also perform block creation,
deletion, and replication upon instruction from the NameNode.
[images/hdfsarchitecture.png] HDFS Architecture
The NameNode and DataNode are pieces of software designed to run on
commodity machines. These machines typically run a GNU/Linux operating
system (OS). HDFS is built using the Java language; any machine that
supports Java can run the NameNode or the DataNode software. Usage of
the highly portable Java language means that HDFS can be deployed on a
wide range of machines. A typical deployment has a dedicated machine
that runs only the NameNode software. Each of the other machines in the
cluster runs one instance of the DataNode software. The architecture
does not preclude running multiple DataNodes on the same machine but in
a real deployment that is rarely the case.
The existence of a single NameNode in a cluster greatly simplifies the
architecture of the system. The NameNode is the arbitrator and
repository for all HDFS metadata. The system is designed in such a way
that user data never flows through the NameNode.
The File System Namespace
HDFS supports a traditional hierarchical file organization. A user or
an application can create directories and store files inside these
directories. The file system namespace hierarchy is similar to most
other existing file systems; one can create and remove files, move a
file from one directory to another, or rename a file. HDFS does not yet
implement user quotas or access permissions. HDFS does not support hard
links or soft links. However, the HDFS architecture does not preclude
implementing these features.
The NameNode maintains the file system namespace. Any change to the
file system namespace or its properties is recorded by the NameNode. An
application can specify the number of replicas of a file that should be
maintained by HDFS. The number of copies of a file is called the
replication factor of that file. This information is stored by the
NameNode.
Data Replication
HDFS is designed to reliably store very large files across machines in
a large cluster. It stores each file as a sequence of blocks; all
blocks in a file except the last block are the same size. The blocks of
a file are replicated for fault tolerance. The block size and
replication factor are configurable per file. An application can
specify the number of replicas of a file. The replication factor can be
specified at file creation time and can be changed later. Files in HDFS
are write-once and have strictly one writer at any time.
The NameNode makes all decisions regarding replication of blocks. It
periodically receives a Heartbeat and a Blockreport from each of the
DataNodes in the cluster. Receipt of a Heartbeat implies that the
DataNode is functioning properly. A Blockreport contains a list of all
blocks on a DataNode.
[images/hdfsdatanodes.png] HDFS DataNodes
Replica Placement: The First Baby Steps
The placement of replicas is critical to HDFS reliability and
performance. Optimizing replica placement distinguishes HDFS from most
other distributed file systems. This is a feature that needs lots of
tuning and experience. The purpose of a rack-aware replica placement
policy is to improve data reliability, availability, and network
bandwidth utilization. The current implementation for the replica
placement policy is a first effort in this direction. The short-term
goals of implementing this policy are to validate it on production
systems, learn more about its behavior, and build a foundation to test
and research more sophisticated policies.
Large HDFS instances run on a cluster of computers that commonly spread
across many racks. Communication between two nodes in different racks
has to go through switches. In most cases, network bandwidth between
machines in the same rack is greater than network bandwidth between
machines in different racks.
The NameNode determines the rack id each DataNode belongs to via the
process outlined in {{{../hadoop-common/ClusterSetup.html#Hadoop+Rack+Awareness}Hadoop Rack Awareness}}. A simple but non-optimal policy
is to place replicas on unique racks. This prevents losing data when an
entire rack fails and allows use of bandwidth from multiple racks when
reading data. This policy evenly distributes replicas in the cluster
which makes it easy to balance load on component failure. However, this
policy increases the cost of writes because a write needs to transfer
blocks to multiple racks.
For the common case, when the replication factor is three, HDFSs
placement policy is to put one replica on one node in the local rack,
another on a different node in the local rack, and the last on a
different node in a different rack. This policy cuts the inter-rack
write traffic which generally improves write performance. The chance of
rack failure is far less than that of node failure; this policy does
not impact data reliability and availability guarantees. However, it
does reduce the aggregate network bandwidth used when reading data
since a block is placed in only two unique racks rather than three.
With this policy, the replicas of a file do not evenly distribute
across the racks. One third of replicas are on one node, two thirds of
replicas are on one rack, and the other third are evenly distributed
across the remaining racks. This policy improves write performance
without compromising data reliability or read performance.
The current, default replica placement policy described here is a work
in progress.
Replica Selection
To minimize global bandwidth consumption and read latency, HDFS tries
to satisfy a read request from a replica that is closest to the reader.
If there exists a replica on the same rack as the reader node, then
that replica is preferred to satisfy the read request. If angg/ HDFS
cluster spans multiple data centers, then a replica that is resident in
the local data center is preferred over any remote replica.
Safemode
On startup, the NameNode enters a special state called Safemode.
Replication of data blocks does not occur when the NameNode is in the
Safemode state. The NameNode receives Heartbeat and Blockreport
messages from the DataNodes. A Blockreport contains the list of data
blocks that a DataNode is hosting. Each block has a specified minimum
number of replicas. A block is considered safely replicated when the
minimum number of replicas of that data block has checked in with the
NameNode. After a configurable percentage of safely replicated data
blocks checks in with the NameNode (plus an additional 30 seconds), the
NameNode exits the Safemode state. It then determines the list of data
blocks (if any) that still have fewer than the specified number of
replicas. The NameNode then replicates these blocks to other DataNodes.
The Persistence of File System Metadata
The HDFS namespace is stored by the NameNode. The NameNode uses a
transaction log called the EditLog to persistently record every change
that occurs to file system metadata. For example, creating a new file
in HDFS causes the NameNode to insert a record into the EditLog
indicating this. Similarly, changing the replication factor of a file
causes a new record to be inserted into the EditLog. The NameNode uses
a file in its local host OS file system to store the EditLog. The
entire file system namespace, including the mapping of blocks to files
and file system properties, is stored in a file called the FsImage. The
FsImage is stored as a file in the NameNodes local file system too.
The NameNode keeps an image of the entire file system namespace and
file Blockmap in memory. This key metadata item is designed to be
compact, such that a NameNode with 4 GB of RAM is plenty to support a
huge number of files and directories. When the NameNode starts up, it
reads the FsImage and EditLog from disk, applies all the transactions
from the EditLog to the in-memory representation of the FsImage, and
flushes out this new version into a new FsImage on disk. It can then
truncate the old EditLog because its transactions have been applied to
the persistent FsImage. This process is called a checkpoint. In the
current implementation, a checkpoint only occurs when the NameNode
starts up. Work is in progress to support periodic checkpointing in the
near future.
The DataNode stores HDFS data in files in its local file system. The
DataNode has no knowledge about HDFS files. It stores each block of
HDFS data in a separate file in its local file system. The DataNode
does not create all files in the same directory. Instead, it uses a
heuristic to determine the optimal number of files per directory and
creates subdirectories appropriately. It is not optimal to create all
local files in the same directory because the local file system might
not be able to efficiently support a huge number of files in a single
directory. When a DataNode starts up, it scans through its local file
system, generates a list of all HDFS data blocks that correspond to
each of these local files and sends this report to the NameNode: this
is the Blockreport.
The Communication Protocols
All HDFS communication protocols are layered on top of the TCP/IP
protocol. A client establishes a connection to a configurable TCP port
on the NameNode machine. It talks the ClientProtocol with the NameNode.
The DataNodes talk to the NameNode using the DataNode Protocol. A
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) abstraction wraps both the Client Protocol
and the DataNode Protocol. By design, the NameNode never initiates any
RPCs. Instead, it only responds to RPC requests issued by DataNodes or
clients.
Robustness
The primary objective of HDFS is to store data reliably even in the
presence of failures. The three common types of failures are NameNode
failures, DataNode failures and network partitions.
Data Disk Failure, Heartbeats and Re-Replication
Each DataNode sends a Heartbeat message to the NameNode periodically. A
network partition can cause a subset of DataNodes to lose connectivity
with the NameNode. The NameNode detects this condition by the absence
of a Heartbeat message. The NameNode marks DataNodes without recent
Heartbeats as dead and does not forward any new IO requests to them.
Any data that was registered to a dead DataNode is not available to
HDFS any more. DataNode death may cause the replication factor of some
blocks to fall below their specified value. The NameNode constantly
tracks which blocks need to be replicated and initiates replication
whenever necessary. The necessity for re-replication may arise due to
many reasons: a DataNode may become unavailable, a replica may become
corrupted, a hard disk on a DataNode may fail, or the replication
factor of a file may be increased.
Cluster Rebalancing
The HDFS architecture is compatible with data rebalancing schemes. A
scheme might automatically move data from one DataNode to another if
the free space on a DataNode falls below a certain threshold. In the
event of a sudden high demand for a particular file, a scheme might
dynamically create additional replicas and rebalance other data in the
cluster. These types of data rebalancing schemes are not yet
implemented.
Data Integrity
It is possible that a block of data fetched from a DataNode arrives
corrupted. This corruption can occur because of faults in a storage
device, network faults, or buggy software. The HDFS client software
implements checksum checking on the contents of HDFS files. When a
client creates an HDFS file, it computes a checksum of each block of
the file and stores these checksums in a separate hidden file in the
same HDFS namespace. When a client retrieves file contents it verifies
that the data it received from each DataNode matches the checksum
stored in the associated checksum file. If not, then the client can opt
to retrieve that block from another DataNode that has a replica of that
block.
Metadata Disk Failure
The FsImage and the EditLog are central data structures of HDFS. A
corruption of these files can cause the HDFS instance to be
non-functional. For this reason, the NameNode can be configured to
support maintaining multiple copies of the FsImage and EditLog. Any
update to either the FsImage or EditLog causes each of the FsImages and
EditLogs to get updated synchronously. This synchronous updating of
multiple copies of the FsImage and EditLog may degrade the rate of
namespace transactions per second that a NameNode can support. However,
this degradation is acceptable because even though HDFS applications
are very data intensive in nature, they are not metadata intensive.
When a NameNode restarts, it selects the latest consistent FsImage and
EditLog to use.
The NameNode machine is a single point of failure for an HDFS cluster.
If the NameNode machine fails, manual intervention is necessary.
Currently, automatic restart and failover of the NameNode software to
another machine is not supported.
Snapshots
Snapshots support storing a copy of data at a particular instant of
time. One usage of the snapshot feature may be to roll back a corrupted
HDFS instance to a previously known good point in time. HDFS does not
currently support snapshots but will in a future release.
Data Organization
Data Blocks
HDFS is designed to support very large files. Applications that are
compatible with HDFS are those that deal with large data sets. These
applications write their data only once but they read it one or more
times and require these reads to be satisfied at streaming speeds. HDFS
supports write-once-read-many semantics on files. A typical block size
used by HDFS is 64 MB. Thus, an HDFS file is chopped up into 64 MB
chunks, and if possible, each chunk will reside on a different
DataNode.
Staging
A client request to create a file does not reach the NameNode
immediately. In fact, initially the HDFS client caches the file data
into a temporary local file. Application writes are transparently
redirected to this temporary local file. When the local file
accumulates data worth over one HDFS block size, the client contacts
the NameNode. The NameNode inserts the file name into the file system
hierarchy and allocates a data block for it. The NameNode responds to
the client request with the identity of the DataNode and the
destination data block. Then the client flushes the block of data from
the local temporary file to the specified DataNode. When a file is
closed, the remaining un-flushed data in the temporary local file is
transferred to the DataNode. The client then tells the NameNode that
the file is closed. At this point, the NameNode commits the file
creation operation into a persistent store. If the NameNode dies before
the file is closed, the file is lost.
The above approach has been adopted after careful consideration of
target applications that run on HDFS. These applications need streaming
writes to files. If a client writes to a remote file directly without
any client side buffering, the network speed and the congestion in the
network impacts throughput considerably. This approach is not without
precedent. Earlier distributed file systems, e.g. AFS, have used client
side caching to improve performance. A POSIX requirement has been
relaxed to achieve higher performance of data uploads.
Replication Pipelining
When a client is writing data to an HDFS file, its data is first
written to a local file as explained in the previous section. Suppose
the HDFS file has a replication factor of three. When the local file
accumulates a full block of user data, the client retrieves a list of
DataNodes from the NameNode. This list contains the DataNodes that will
host a replica of that block. The client then flushes the data block to
the first DataNode. The first DataNode starts receiving the data in
small portions (4 KB), writes each portion to its local repository and
transfers that portion to the second DataNode in the list. The second
DataNode, in turn starts receiving each portion of the data block,
writes that portion to its repository and then flushes that portion to
the third DataNode. Finally, the third DataNode writes the data to its
local repository. Thus, a DataNode can be receiving data from the
previous one in the pipeline and at the same time forwarding data to
the next one in the pipeline. Thus, the data is pipelined from one
DataNode to the next.
Accessibility
HDFS can be accessed from applications in many different ways.
Natively, HDFS provides a
{{{http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/api/}FileSystem Java API}}
for applications to use. A C language wrapper for this Java API is also
available. In addition, an HTTP browser can also be used to browse the files
of an HDFS instance. Work is in progress to expose HDFS through the WebDAV
protocol.
FS Shell
HDFS allows user data to be organized in the form of files and
directories. It provides a commandline interface called FS shell that
lets a user interact with the data in HDFS. The syntax of this command
set is similar to other shells (e.g. bash, csh) that users are already
familiar with. Here are some sample action/command pairs:
*---------+---------+
|| Action | Command
*---------+---------+
| Create a directory named <<</foodir>>> | <<<bin/hadoop dfs -mkdir /foodir>>>
*---------+---------+
| Remove a directory named <<</foodir>>> | <<<bin/hadoop dfs -rmr /foodir>>>
*---------+---------+
| View the contents of a file named <<</foodir/myfile.txt>>> | <<<bin/hadoop dfs -cat /foodir/myfile.txt>>>
*---------+---------+
FS shell is targeted for applications that need a scripting language to
interact with the stored data.
DFSAdmin
The DFSAdmin command set is used for administering an HDFS cluster.
These are commands that are used only by an HDFS administrator. Here
are some sample action/command pairs:
*---------+---------+
|| Action | Command
*---------+---------+
|Put the cluster in Safemode | <<<bin/hadoop dfsadmin -safemode enter>>>
*---------+---------+
|Generate a list of DataNodes | <<<bin/hadoop dfsadmin -report>>>
*---------+---------+
|Recommission or decommission DataNode(s) | <<<bin/hadoop dfsadmin -refreshNodes>>>
*---------+---------+
Browser Interface
A typical HDFS install configures a web server to expose the HDFS
namespace through a configurable TCP port. This allows a user to
navigate the HDFS namespace and view the contents of its files using a
web browser.
Space Reclamation
File Deletes and Undeletes
When a file is deleted by a user or an application, it is not
immediately removed from HDFS. Instead, HDFS first renames it to a file
in the <<</trash>>> directory. The file can be restored quickly as long as it
remains in <<</trash>>>. A file remains in <<</trash>>> for a configurable amount
of time. After the expiry of its life in <<</trash>>>, the NameNode deletes
the file from the HDFS namespace. The deletion of a file causes the
blocks associated with the file to be freed. Note that there could be
an appreciable time delay between the time a file is deleted by a user
and the time of the corresponding increase in free space in HDFS.
A user can Undelete a file after deleting it as long as it remains in
the <<</trash>>> directory. If a user wants to undelete a file that he/she
has deleted, he/she can navigate the <<</trash>>> directory and retrieve the
file. The <<</trash>>> directory contains only the latest copy of the file
that was deleted. The <<</trash>>> directory is just like any other directory
with one special feature: HDFS applies specified policies to
automatically delete files from this directory. The current default
policy is to delete files from <<</trash>>> that are more than 6 hours old.
In the future, this policy will be configurable through a well defined
interface.
Decrease Replication Factor
When the replication factor of a file is reduced, the NameNode selects
excess replicas that can be deleted. The next Heartbeat transfers this
information to the DataNode. The DataNode then removes the
corresponding blocks and the corresponding free space appears in the
cluster. Once again, there might be a time delay between the completion
of the setReplication API call and the appearance of free space in the
cluster.
References
Hadoop {{{http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/api/}JavaDoc API}}.
HDFS source code: {{http://hadoop.apache.org/version_control.html}}

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