The two setup options are: cli->thriftmetastore->jdbc
cli->jdbc (used to be called local mode) localmode has less moving parts so I prefer it. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Travis Crawford <traviscrawf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh interesting - you're saying instead of running a single > HiveMetaStore thrift service, most users use the embedded > HiveMetaStore mode and have each CLI instance connect to the DB > directly? > > --travis > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I feel that that interface is very rarely used in the wild. The only >> use case I can figure out for it is people with very in depth hive >> experience that do not wish to interact with hive through the QL >> language. That being said I would think the coverage might be a little >> weak there. With the local metastore users have data nucleus providing >> support for reconnection etc. >> >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Travis Crawford >> <traviscrawf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I'm using the thrift metastore via TFramedTransport. What value do you >>> specify for hive.metastore.client.socket.timeout? I'm using 60. >>> >>> If I open the CLI, run "show tables", wait the timeout period, then >>> run "show tables" the CLI hangs in: >>> >>> "main" prio=10 tid=0x000000004151a000 nid=0x448 runnable >>> [0x0000000041b42000] >>> java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE >>> at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method) >>> at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:129) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.transport.TIOStreamTransport.read(TIOStreamTransport.java:127) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransport.readAll(TTransport.java:84) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.transport.TFramedTransport.readFrame(TFramedTransport.java:129) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.transport.TFramedTransport.read(TFramedTransport.java:101) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransport.readAll(TTransport.java:84) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol.readAll(TBinaryProtocol.java:378) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol.readI32(TBinaryProtocol.java:297) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol.readMessageBegin(TBinaryProtocol.java:204) >>> at >>> org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:69) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.recv_get_database(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:374) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.get_database(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:361) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.getDatabase(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:705) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getDatabase(Hive.java:1077) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.databaseExists(Hive.java:1066) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.showTables(DDLTask.java:2004) >>> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:325) >>> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:134) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:57) >>> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:1329) >>> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1115) >>> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:948) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:259) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:216) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:412) >>> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:750) >>> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:613) >>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) >>> at >>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) >>> at >>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) >>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) >>> at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:186) >>> >>> --travis >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Are you communicating with a thrift metastore or a JDBC metastore? I >>>> have had connections opened for long periods of time and never >>>> remember experiencing them timeout. >>>> >>>> Edward >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Travis Crawford >>>> <traviscrawf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Hey Hive gurus - >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know how the CLI handles metastore connection timeouts? It >>>>> seems if I leave a CLI session idle more than >>>>> hive.metastore.client.socket.timeout seconds then run "show tables", >>>>> the cli hangs for the timeout then throws a SocketTimeoutException. >>>>> Restarting the CLI and running the same "show tables" always works. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone else see this? My hive.metastore.client.socket.timeout is >>>>> set to 60 - is that a reasonable value? >>>>> >>>>> --travis