Re: Is it a good idea to delete / move the default configuration xml file ?

2014-07-23 Thread Chris MacKenzie
Hi thanks for that, much appreciated. I guess they are in the jar files then ;O) I was really surprised to see the default configs pulled in, especially considering I thought I was in full control, I did a file search on an installation and saw the files and jumped to the wrong conclusion. I

Is it a good idea to delete / move the default configuration xml file ?

2014-07-21 Thread Chris MacKenzie
Hi All, I have just realised that my implementation of hadoop-2.4.1 is pulling in all the default.xml files. I have three copies of each in different directories, obviously at least one of those is on the class path. Anyway with all the effort to set up a site, it seems strange to me that I

Re: Is it a good idea to delete / move the default configuration xml file ?

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Nauroth
I recommend against deleting or moving *-default.xml, because these files may be supplying reasonable default values for configuration properties that you haven't set in *-site.xml. We also put defaults into the code itself in case a configuration property is found to be completely missing, but

Re: Is it a good idea to delete / move the default configuration xml file ?

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Mawata
Aren't the *-default.xml files supposed to be inside the jars rather than loose files? Cheers Chris Mawata On Jul 21, 2014 12:59 PM, Chris Nauroth cnaur...@hortonworks.com wrote: I recommend against deleting or moving *-default.xml, because these files may be supplying reasonable default values

Re: Is it a good idea to delete / move the default configuration xml file ?

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Nauroth
That's a good point. I'm not sure how bare *-default.xml files would be showing up on a deployment outside the jars. Chris Nauroth Hortonworks http://hortonworks.com/ On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Chris Mawata chris.maw...@gmail.com wrote: Aren't the *-default.xml files supposed to be

Re: Is it a good idea to delete / move the default configuration xml file ?

2014-07-21 Thread Chris Mawata
I suspect someone wanted to read through them to know tge defaults. Chris On Jul 21, 2014 2:16 PM, Chris Nauroth cnaur...@hortonworks.com wrote: That's a good point. I'm not sure how bare *-default.xml files would be showing up on a deployment outside the jars. Chris Nauroth Hortonworks