Yes - this is currently on trunk. There were some changes done to make the container id available to all containers ( and not only the AM ).
However, for 2.0.3-alpha, I believe you should have access to ApplicationConstants.AM_CONTAINER_ID_ENV in the AM's environment. -- Hitesh On Jun 11, 2013, at 12:14 PM, Brian C. Huffman wrote: > Hitesh, > > Is this only in trunk? I'm currently running 2.0.3-alpha and I don't see it > there. I also don't see it in the latest 2.0.5. > > Thanks, > Brian > > On 06/11/2013 02:54 PM, Hitesh Shah wrote: >> 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 >>> > >
