Hello Brian, org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.ApplicationConstants.Environment should have a list of all the information set in the environment.
One of these is the container ID. ApplicationAttemptID can be obtained from a container ID object which in turn can be used to get the App Id. -- Hitesh On Jun 11, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Brian C. Huffman wrote: > How can a YARN container get its own Application ID? > > I tried getting the ApplicationConstants.AM_APP_ATTEMPT_ID_ENV similar to how > the Distributed Shell example does for the AppMaster, but that variable > doesn't seem to exist in the environment for the container. Does the App > Master have to set it? > > Thanks, > Brian >
