Repository: incubator-hawq-docs Updated Branches: refs/heads/develop 9f4293ba4 -> 8245fbb2d
This fixes #61. Clarifying use of postgresql.conf Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-hawq-docs/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-hawq-docs/commit/8245fbb2 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-hawq-docs/tree/8245fbb2 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-hawq-docs/diff/8245fbb2 Branch: refs/heads/develop Commit: 8245fbb2d534fc1f6838848480e43c6735b42cf4 Parents: 9f4293b Author: David Yozie <[email protected]> Authored: Tue Nov 15 16:09:04 2016 -0800 Committer: David Yozie <[email protected]> Committed: Tue Nov 15 16:09:04 2016 -0800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- reference/HAWQSiteConfig.html.md.erb | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-hawq-docs/blob/8245fbb2/reference/HAWQSiteConfig.html.md.erb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/reference/HAWQSiteConfig.html.md.erb b/reference/HAWQSiteConfig.html.md.erb index c354f34..3d20297 100644 --- a/reference/HAWQSiteConfig.html.md.erb +++ b/reference/HAWQSiteConfig.html.md.erb @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ title: Server Configuration Parameter Reference This section describes all server configuration guc/parameters that are available in HAWQ. -Configuration guc/parameters are located in `$GPHOME/etc/hawq-site.xml`. This configuration file resides on all HAWQ instances and can be modified by using the `hawq config` utility. You can use the same configuration file cluster-wide across both master and segments. +Configuration guc/parameters are located in `$GPHOME/etc/hawq-site.xml`. This configuration file resides on all HAWQ instances and is managed either by Ambari or by using the `hawq config` utility. On HAWQ clusters installed and managed by Ambari, always use the Ambari administration interface, and not `hawq config`, to configure HAWQ properties. Ambari will overwrite any changes made using `hawq config`. + +You can use the same configuration file cluster-wide across both master and segments. **Note:** While `postgresql.conf` still exists in HAWQ, any parameters defined in `hawq-site.xml` will overwrite configurations in `postgresql.conf`. For this reason, we recommend that you only use `hawq-site.xml` to configure your HAWQ cluster.
