Hi All, As part of the Drill-on-YARN project we would like to split out user (“site”) configuration from that for Drill itself. We also want to split distribution-provided settings (such as those set by MapR) from user configuration. Finally, we want to separate per-node configuration from site-wide configuration. All of this simplifies upgrades (and enables YARN localization.)
DRILL-4591 tracks this issue. I’ve just uploaded a proposal for the change. The proposal covers motivation, details the config additions, explains the upgrade process and provides a number of examples of how the change would work in practice. Backward compatibility is a key goal: existing installations work without change. Users should find that using the site config simplifies upgrades. Please have a look and provide comments. In particular, if you are a Drill user, is this proposal helpful to you and how might we improve it? Thanks, - Paul [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-4591 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-4591>
