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Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE commented on HADOOP-1185: ------------------------------------------------ > This sounds like a good thing to add to GenericOptionsParser Then, how would the command look like? I am thinking something like hadoop LogLevel -get host:port logName hadoop LogLevel -set host:port logName level or using url (i.e. the same way as the servlet) hadoop LogLevel http://host:port/logLevel?log=name&level=lev > dynamically change log levels > ----------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-1185 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1185 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: util > Affects Versions: 0.16.0 > Reporter: dhruba borthakur > Assignee: Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE > Fix For: 0.16.0 > > Attachments: 1185_20071031.patch > > > I would like to switch on the debug log level of the namenode (or other > components) without restarting it. This is needed to analyze a production > system. > Can somebody please advice on how to set the loglevel dyncamically on a > running namenode? I was thinking of enhancing dfsadmin to make an RPC to the > namenode to set a specified logging level. But the apache common logging APi > does not export an API to change logging levels. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.