+1 I have seen this confuse many users of Apache Aurora many times. Eliminating the default will cause operators to select a location with the appropriate persistence properties.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Greg Mann <g...@mesosphere.io> wrote: > Hey folks! > A number of situations have arisen in which the default value of the Mesos > agent `--work_dir` flag (/tmp/mesos) has caused problems on systems in > which the automatic cleanup of '/tmp' deletes agent metadata. To resolve > this, we would like to eliminate the default value of the agent > `--work_dir` flag. You can find the relevant JIRA here > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-5064>. > > We considered simply changing the default value to a more appropriate > location, but decided against this because the expected filesystem > structure varies from platform to platform, and because it isn't guaranteed > that the Mesos agent would have access to the default path on a particular > platform. > > Eliminating the default `--work_dir` value means that the agent would exit > immediately if the flag is not provided, whereas currently it launches > successfully in this case. This will break existing infrastructure which > relies on launching the Mesos agent without specifying the work directory. > I believe this is an acceptable change because '/tmp/mesos' is not a > suitable location for the agent work directory except for short-term local > testing, and any production scenario that is currently using this location > should be altered immediately. > > If you have any thoughts/opinions/concerns regarding this change, please > let us know! > > Cheers, > Greg > > -- > Zameer Manji > >
