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Harsh J commented on HADOOP-9223:
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Got it and what you propose to add is good. The only worry of mine is that this
may unintentionally bloat up the config object size which inadvertently affects
MR and other systems that do not really require this feature.
Perhaps we can add it with a switch that has it turned off by default and only
enabled if an advanced user needs it?
Also, some tests would be good to have in the added patch, that also
demonstrate order of preference (I assume it is to be most preferred if the
value is from a sys-prop rather than a file), etc..
P.s. Fix Version is to be set only after it has been committed into a branch.
Please use the Target Version alone to track the version where you want it to
be committed.
> support specify config items through system property
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: HADOOP-9223
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-9223
> Project: Hadoop Common
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: conf
> Affects Versions: 2.0.0-alpha
> Reporter: Zesheng Wu
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: configuration, hadoop
> Attachments: HADOOP-9223.patch
>
> Original Estimate: 24h
> Remaining Estimate: 24h
>
> The current hadoop config items are mainly interpolated from the *-site.xml
> files. In our production environment, we need a mechanism that can specify
> config items through system properties, which is something like the gflags in
> system built with C++, it's really very handy.
> The main purpose of this patch is to improve the convenience of hadoop
> systems, especially when people do testing or perf tuning, which always need
> to modify the *-site.xml files
> If this patch is applied, then people can start hadoop programs in this way:
> java -cp $class_path -Dhadoop.property.$name=$value $program
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