More update on the issue: We have extracted the lvg related files in the exact folder structure, and are copying all the folders recursively in the spark executor working directory using addFiles option. But the LvgAnnotator is not able to find the lvg.properties file in the classpath of the spark executor even though we have set up using the configuration spark.executor.extraClassPath option
Code snippet: sc.addFile("hdfs:///ctakes_4.0.0/resources", true); sparkConf.set("spark.executor.extraClassPath", "./resources/"); sparkConf.set("spark.driver.extraClassPath", "./resources/"); From: Eskala, Nagakalyana Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 8:50 PM To: 'dev@ctakes.apache.org' <dev@ctakes.apache.org> Subject: cTakes on Apache Spark - Error Background: We are trying to run the Apache ctakes Default clinical pipeline in a spark streaming application. We intend to parse all input text sent to a socket on spark streaming by executing a default clinical pipeline in individual executors of a spark application. Challenges: The ctakes pipeline requires external resources to be available in the classpath. We have used JavaSparkContext.addFiles to provide all the resources (dictionaries) recursively from HDFS to each individual executor working directory. Once the addFiles copies the resources to each executor, we try to include it in the classpath of each executor using the configuration. sc.addFile("hdfs:///ctakes_4.0.0/resources", true); sparkConf.set("spark.executor.extraClassPath", "./resources/"); sparkConf.set("spark.driver.extraClassPath", "./resources/"); Error: The error occurs in LvgAnnotator class which tries to access the lvg.properties file through the lookup. It is not able to locate the file and hence there is an error. 18/04/30 15:55:50 INFO scheduler.TaskSetManager: Starting task 0.0 in stage 1.0 (TID 1, localhost, executor driver, partition 0, ANY, 4744 bytes) 18/04/30 15:55:50 INFO executor.Executor: Running task 0.0 in stage 1.0 (TID 1) 18/04/30 15:55:51 INFO ae.LvgAnnotator: URL==null 18/04/30 15:55:51 INFO ae.LvgAnnotator: Unable to find org/apache/ctakes/lvg/data/config/lvg.properties. 18/04/30 15:55:51 INFO ae.LvgAnnotator: Copying files and directories to under /tmp/ 18/04/30 15:55:51 INFO ae.LvgAnnotator: Copying lvg-related file to /tmp/data/config/lvg.properties 18/04/30 15:55:51 ERROR executor.Executor: Exception in task 0.0 in stage 1.0 (TID 1) java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copyLarge(IOUtils.java:1792) at org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copyLarge(IOUtils.java:1769) at org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.copy(IOUtils.java:1744) at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyInputStreamToFile(FileUtils.java:1512) at org.apache.ctakes.lvg.ae.LvgAnnotator.copyLvgFiles(LvgAnnotator.java:620) at org.apache.ctakes.lvg.ae.LvgAnnotator.createAnnotatorDescription(LvgAnnotator.java:649) at org.apache.ctakes.clinicalpipeline.ClinicalPipelineFactory.getTokenProcessingPipeline(ClinicalPipelineFactory.java:110) at org.apache.ctakes.clinicalpipeline.ClinicalPipelineFactory.getDefaultPipeline(ClinicalPipelineFactory.java:68) Question: Ideally, since the resources folder has been recursively added to each executor node and the classpath has been set, the internal executor should be able to locate the properties and other resource files. However, that is not the case. Is there something we should be differently doing (configuration, classpath, etc) so that the ctakes pipeline can be run in a spark executor with all the resources and classpath set appropriately. Thanks for the help. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or may otherwise be protected by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachment thereto.