I think the FLINK_CONF_DIR points to the conf directory. This is the place where the Flink CLI looks for the flink-conf.yaml file.
I think there is an alternate option for HADOOP_CONF_DIR, YARN_CONF_DIR but I am not sure. Check this https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.3/setup/config.html#common-options Config option - “fs.hdfs.hadoopconf:“ ~ Abhi From: "Foster, Craig" <foscr...@amazon.com> Reply-To: "user@flink.apache.org" <user@flink.apache.org> Date: Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 9:43 AM To: "user@flink.apache.org" <user@flink.apache.org> Subject: Alternatives to FLINK_CONF_DIR, HADOOP_CONF_DIR, YARN_CONF_DIR Can I set these in the configuration file? This would be ideal vs. environment variables for me but I’m not seeing it in the documentation. Thanks, Craig