Hi Drew, Sorry for replying so late. Unfortunately, this project is a solo thing. Hopefully we can team up on another project in the future.
Thanks for the support. Andres On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Drew Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if these are solo initiatives or those needing assistance. Let me > know if it is the latter :) > > > > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:47:21 -0400 > > Subject: Re: GSoC proposal: Ambari for Accumulo - forever : ) > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > Thanks, Drew, for the enthusiam. > > > > And thanks, John, for the good information. It is definitely an area I > > need to look into. > > On Apr 26, 2013 10:31 AM, "John Vines" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The init.d scripts we provide are well tested, provided you have > accumulo > > > installed into /usr/lib. There is probably room for improvement to > utilize > > > /etc/defaults/accumulo to make it configurable. This makes them not > > > configurable with the existing RPM packaging internal to Accumulo. And > > > Ambari uses the init.d scripts to start/stop things. > > > > > > As mentioned in the other thread, I'm pretty sure Ambari is pretty > tightly > > > integrated with Bigtop. There is an Accumulo ticket for bigtop support > ( > > > Accumulo-138 ). I went ahead and threw a patch on there in which the > RPM > > > generated has been tested (the deb is lacking though). Furthermore, > they do > > > not use the given Accumulo init.d scripts, so there may be room for > > > improvement in there somewhere, but I'm not sure. > > > > > > Should you need to work down that path more, I can definitely provide > more > > > guidance. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Keith Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Andres Danter <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Excellent feedback, Keith. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > I should have mentioned the REST API in the proposal. I'm not > sure if > > > I > > > > > can use it for the CLI. I will certainly try, since I would like > to > > > > adhere > > > > > to the Ambari architecture as much as possible. > > > > > > > > > > As for your other points: > > > > > > > > > > *3.1.1 loggers do not exists in 1.5 ... so would only need to > consider > > > > them > > > > > if working w/ 1.4 . I suppose you would want to work Accumulo 1.4, > > > since > > > > > that the current stable release.* > > > > > > > > > > Yes. I was going to work with Accumulo 1.4, but it is good to know > that > > > > the > > > > > loggers are not supported in 1.5. > > > > > > > > > > *3.1.3 > > > > > Accumulo supports reading system config from xml local file and > then > > > > > zookeeper (whats set in zookeeper takes precedence). The nice > thing > > > > about > > > > > setting something a config zookeeper, is that process restart is > not > > > > > required.* > > > > > > > > > > Good to know this too. Does this only affect Zookeeper? I should > > > > > distinguish between processes that may need restarts to load a > > > > > configuration vs those that do not. Is the Zookeeper process the > only > > > > one > > > > > like that? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not sure about zookeeper, I think it requires a restart. Accumulo > can > > > > optionally store a lot of its configuration in zookeeper. When > Accumulo > > > > configuration stored in zookeeper is changed, Accumulo processes may > pick > > > > up these config changes immediately w/o restart. Some properties do > > > > require a restart when changed in zookeeper. This is documented in > > > > Accumulo config documentation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *For section 3.2, are you proposing adding features to the existing > > > > Ambari > > > > > GUI? If so, are the Accumulo specific?* > > > > > > > > > > I am proposing to add features to the existing Ambari GUI. The > idea > > > here > > > > > is that something like user access controls can be generalized so > that > > > > any > > > > > Hadoop component being managed by Ambari is able to utilize them. > I'm > > > > > hoping that the Ambari PMC is OK with me doing this. I do not > want to > > > > > introduce any Accumulo-specific features that would make no sense > for > > > > other > > > > > components. > > > > > * > > > > > It seems that Ambari relies on RPMs. Its possible you may have to > > > spend > > > > > time creating Accumulo RPMs that are useful for Ambari. You may > want to > > > > > think about allocating some time for this. Christopher and John > can > > > give > > > > > you more info about the current state of Accumulo RPMs.* > > > > > > > > > > This is a very good point. While building RPMs is not difficult, > it > > > does > > > > > require time to setup the configuration and test the builds. I > will > > > > > include time for this in the proposal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I suppose I am really thinking about are scripts for starting and > > > stopping > > > > Accumulo. For an RPM to be useful it should provide good /etc/init.d > > > > scripts for starting and stopping Accumulo processes. I am not sure > > > what > > > > the status of these scripts is in the various RPMs built by Accumulo. > > > This > > > > may not even be a concern, I am not sure how Ambari starts and stop > > > > services. If you have not already, its something to consider when > > > > scheduling. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks again, Keith. > > > > > > > > > > Andres > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Keith Turner <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > About the REST API, I meant to ask if this could be used from the > > > > command > > > > > > line currently? Or is too cumbersome? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Andres Danter < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yup. Looks like that's the way to go. Here is the link to the > > > > > document. > > > > > > > Let me know if you have any problems accessing it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxBY29P7A1RgVnZscGcycExDbEU/edit?usp=sharing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Keith Turner < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nothing. I suppose the mailing list is stripping it off. > Could > > > > post > > > > > > it > > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > an attachment to the ticket or put it on google drive or > dropbox > > > > and > > > > > > > send a > > > > > > > > link. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Andres Danter < > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Weird. I see the attachment on the email I sent, which > means > > > > that > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > might have been stripped off. Here it is again. Let me > know > > > if > > > > > you > > > > > > > > still > > > > > > > > > don't see it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andres > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Keith Turner < > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> was there supposed to be an attachment? > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Andres Danter < > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > Hi Billie, > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > Here is a draft of my proposal. I've yet to write the > > > > technical > > > > > > > > >> approach > > > > > > > > >> > section (have not idea what I'm going to put there) and > the > > > > > "about > > > > > > > me" > > > > > > > > >> > section. I definitely appreciate any feedback from you > and > > > > > anyone > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > >> the > > > > > > > > >> > development group. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > Thank you, > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > Andres > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
