+1 On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:29 PM, James Peach <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Apr 12, 2016, at 3:58 PM, Greg Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey folks! > > A number of situations have arisen in which the default value of the > Mesos agent `--work_dir` flag (/tmp/mesos) has caused problems on systems > in which the automatic cleanup of '/tmp' deletes agent metadata. To resolve > this, we would like to eliminate the default value of the agent > `--work_dir` flag. You can find the relevant JIRA here. > > > > We considered simply changing the default value to a more appropriate > location, but decided against this because the expected filesystem > structure varies from platform to platform, and because it isn't guaranteed > that the Mesos agent would have access to the default path on a particular > platform. > > > > Eliminating the default `--work_dir` value means that the agent would > exit immediately if the flag is not provided, whereas currently it launches > successfully in this case. This will break existing infrastructure which > relies on launching the Mesos agent without specifying the work directory. > I believe this is an acceptable change because '/tmp/mesos' is not a > suitable location for the agent work directory except for short-term local > testing, and any production scenario that is currently using this location > should be altered immediately. > > +1 from me too. Defaulting to /tmp just helps people shoot themselves in > the foot. > > J
