Another possible reason is that you are not using the correct conf file; Regards, *Stanley Shi,*
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Rajat Jain <rajat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried setting fs.defaultFS with the same value? > > > On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:22 AM, ishan patwa <riddle4...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> I recenetly isntalled hadoop-2.2.0 on my machine running :Linux >> livingstream 3.2.0-29 >> >> However I am unable to start the namenode using >> >> *hadoop-daemon.sh start namenode * >> In the log files I can see the following errors : >> +++++++++++ >> 2014-05-31 14:03:12,844 ERROR >> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode: >> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Does not contain a valid host:port >> authority: file:/// >> at org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils.createSocketAddr(NetUtils.java:164) >> at >> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.getAddress(NameNode.java:212) >> at >> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.getAddress(NameNode.java:244) >> at >> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.initialize(NameNode.java:280) >> at >> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:569) >> at >> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:1479) >> at >> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:1488) >> >> 2014-05-31 14:03:12,845 INFO >> org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode: SHUTDOWN_MSG: >> /************************************************************ >> SHUTDOWN_MSG: Shutting down NameNode at livingstream/127.0.1.1 >> ************************************************************/ >> >> ++++++++++++++++ >> >> I googled around a little bit , and people mentioned that it might be >> beause I havent gives fs,default.name in my core-site-xml. >> I checked my core-site.xml , it looks fine >> >> +++++++ >> <configuration> >> <property> >> <name>fs.default.name</name> >> <value>hdfs://localhost:9000</value> >> </property> >> </configuration> >> +++++++++= >> >> Do you guys have any suggesntions as to what else might cause this??? >> >> Regards, >> Ishan >> >> >> -- >> Ishan Patwa >> Software Developer >> Zynga Game Network Pvt Ltd. >> Bangalore >> > >