+1 On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Jie Yu <yujie....@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:29 PM, James Peach <jor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 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. > > > > > > 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. > > > > +1 from me too. Defaulting to /tmp just helps people shoot themselves in > > the foot. > > > > J > -- Avinash Sridharan, Mesosphere +1 (323) 702 5245
