Going by what I have read ,I think its a general purpose hook of Yarn arch. to run any service in node managers. Hadoop uses this for shuffle service . Other yarn based applications might use this as well.
Thanks, Rahul On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:00 AM, John Lilley <john.lil...@redpoint.net>wrote: > I notice the yarn-site.xml**** > > ** ** > > <property>**** > > <name>yarn.nodemanager.aux-services</name>**** > > <value>mapreduce.shuffle</value>**** > > <description>shuffle service that needs to be set for Map Reduce to > run </description>**** > > </property>**** > > ** ** > > Is this a general-purpose hook? **** > > Can I tell yarn to run **my** per-node service? **** > > Is there some other way (within the recommended Hadoop framework) to run a > per-node service that exists during the lifetime of the NodeManager?**** > > ** ** > > *John Lilley* > > Chief Architect, RedPoint Global Inc.**** > > 1515 Walnut Street *|* Suite 200 *|* Boulder, CO 80302**** > > T: +1 303 541 1516 *| *M: +1 720 938 5761 *|* F: +1 781-705-2077**** > > Skype: jlilley.redpoint *|* *john.lil...@redpoint.net* *|* > www.redpoint.net**** > > ** ** >
