1. When you call new SparkContext(), spark driver is started which
internally create Akka ActorSystem which registers on this port.
2. Since you are running in local mode, starting of executor is short
circuited and an Executor object is created in the same process (see
LocalEndpoint). This
I'm running Spark in local mode and getting these two log messages who
appear to be similar. I want to understand what each is doing:
1. [main] util.Utils (Logging.scala:logInfo(59)) - Successfully started
service 'sparkDriver' on port 60782.
2. [main] executor.Executor