Generally true for the framework config files, but some of the supplementary features can be refreshed without restart. For e.g. scheduler configuration, host files (for included / excluded nodes) ...
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Cristian Cira <cmc0...@tigermail.auburn.edu>wrote: > No. You will have to restart hadoop. Hot/online configuration is not > supported in hadoop > > all the best, > > Cristian Cira > Graduate Research Assistant > Parallel Architecture and System Laboratory (PASL) > Shelby Center 2105 > Auburn University, AL 36849 > > ________________________________________ > From: Pankaj Gupta [pan...@brightroll.com] > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 5:59 PM > To: user@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: Changing hadoop configuration without restarting service > > Hi, > > Is it possible to change hadoop configuration files such as core-site.xml > and get the changes take effect without having to restart hadoop services? > > Thanks, > Pankaj > >