As part of https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/METRON-356 it is now possible to add hbase and hadoop conf to the Storm topology classpath. It is also desirable to expand this functionality to sideloading jars for Storm topologies. That way, users can add additional dependencies without having to recompile/repackage existing jars. One suggestion is to leverage HDFS to store custom jars and add them to the topology.classpath. I want to open this discussion to the community.
Best, Mike
