No properties need to be copied into slider-client.xml when HADOOP_CONF_DIR is set. Looks like this ticket was opened and resolved as a result of the discussion you referenced: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLIDER-440
Billie On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Manoj Samel <manojsamelt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Slider version is 0.80, Hadoop is 2.6 with Kerberos > > Slider-client.xml allows specification of full path of hadoop conf > using HADOOP_CONF_DIR. In our case, full hadoop configuration, including > all HA configurations are available in the HADOOP_CONF_DIR for hdfs-site, > core-site and yarn-site. > > Given this, it would be ideal if properties present in hdfs-site, core-site > and yarn-site etc. are not required to be added again in slider-client.xml. > > The existing documentation for 0.80 wasn't clear on what properties should > be added in slider-client.xml. E.g. there were some properties with RM > address also shown in slider-client.xml example. Also, OLD mails (for older > versions) e.g. http://markmail.org/message/wnhpp2zn6ixo65e3 mention adding > RM HA properties in slider-client.xml; though its not clear if it has > changed since then. > > Can someone please clarify which of the RM properties, including HA > properties present in HADOOP_CONF_DIR/yarn-site.xml (or default) must also > be present in slider-client.xml for version 0.80 ? > > Can this also be updated in documentation ? > > Thanks, > > Manoj >