oh...metastore_db location is not controlled by
hive.metastore.warehouse.dir -- one is the location of your metastore DB,
the other is the physical location of your stored data. Checkout this SO
thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13624893/metastore-db-created-wherever-i-run-hive
On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Tamas Jambor <jambo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gave it another try - it seems that it picks up the variable and prints
> out the correct value, but still puts the metatore_db folder in the current
> directory, regardless.
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Tamas Jambor <jambo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for the reply.
>>
>> I have tried your experiment, it seems that it does not print the
>> settings out in spark-shell (I'm using 1.3 by the way).
>>
>> Strangely I have been experimenting with an SQL connection instead, which
>> works after all (still if I go to spark-shell and try to print out the SQL
>> settings that I put in hive-site.xml, it does not print them).
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Yana Kadiyska <yana.kadiy...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My point was more to how to verify that properties are picked up from
>>> the hive-site.xml file. You don't really need hive.metastore.uris if
>>> you're not running against an external metastore. I just did an
>>> experiment with warehouse.dir.
>>>
>>> My hive-site.xml looks like this:
>>>
>>> <configuration>
>>> <property>
>>> <name>hive.metastore.warehouse.dir</name>
>>> <value>/home/ykadiysk/Github/warehouse_dir</value>
>>> <description>location of default database for the
>>> warehouse</description>
>>> </property>
>>> </configuration>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> and spark-shell code:
>>>
>>> scala> val hc= new org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext(sc)
>>> hc: org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext =
>>> org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext@3036c16f
>>>
>>> scala> hc.sql("show tables").collect
>>> 15/05/15 14:12:57 INFO HiveMetaStore: 0: Opening raw store with
>>> implemenation class:org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore
>>> 15/05/15 14:12:57 INFO ObjectStore: ObjectStore, initialize called
>>> 15/05/15 14:12:57 INFO Persistence: Property datanucleus.cache.level2
>>> unknown - will be ignored
>>> 15/05/15 14:12:58 WARN Connection: BoneCP specified but not present in
>>> CLASSPATH (or one of dependencies)
>>> 15/05/15 14:12:58 WARN Connection: BoneCP specified but not present in
>>> CLASSPATH (or one of dependencies)
>>> 15/05/15 14:13:03 INFO ObjectStore: Setting MetaStore object pin classes
>>> with
>>> hive.metastore.cache.pinobjtypes="Table,StorageDescriptor,SerDeInfo,Partition,Database,Type,FieldSchema,Order"
>>> 15/05/15 14:13:03 INFO ObjectStore: Initialized ObjectStore
>>> 15/05/15 14:13:04 WARN ObjectStore: Version information not found in
>>> metastore. hive.metastore.schema.verification is not enabled so recording
>>> the schema version 0.12.0-protobuf-2.5
>>> 15/05/15 14:13:05 INFO HiveMetaStore: 0: get_tables: db=default pat=.*
>>> 15/05/15 14:13:05 INFO audit: ugi=ykadiysk ip=unknown-ip-addr
>>> cmd=get_tables: db=default pat=.*
>>> 15/05/15 14:13:05 INFO Datastore: The class
>>> "org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MFieldSchema" is tagged as
>>> "embedded-only" so does not have its own datastore table.
>>> 15/05/15 14:13:05 INFO Datastore: The class
>>> "org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MOrder" is tagged as
>>> "embedded-only" so does not have its own datastore table.
>>> res0: Array[org.apache.spark.sql.Row] = Array()
>>>
>>> scala> hc.getConf("hive.metastore.warehouse.dir")
>>> res1: String = /home/ykadiysk/Github/warehouse_dir
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have not tried an HDFS path but you should be at least able to verify
>>> that the variable is being read. It might be that your value is read but is
>>> otherwise not liked...
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Tamas Jambor <jambo...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> thanks for the reply. I am trying to use it without hive setup
>>>> (spark-standalone), so it prints something like this:
>>>>
>>>> hive_ctx.sql("show tables").collect()
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:03 INFO HiveMetaStore: 0: Opening raw store with
>>>> implemenation class:org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:03 INFO ObjectStore: ObjectStore, initialize called
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:04 INFO Persistence: Property datanucleus.cache.level2
>>>> unknown - will be ignored
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:04 INFO Persistence: Property
>>>> hive.metastore.integral.jdo.pushdown unknown - will be ignored
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:04 WARN Connection: BoneCP specified but not present in
>>>> CLASSPATH (or one of dependencies)
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:05 WARN Connection: BoneCP specified but not present in
>>>> CLASSPATH (or one of dependencies)
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:08 INFO BlockManagerMasterActor: Registering block
>>>> manager xxxx:42819 with 3.0 GB RAM, BlockManagerId(2, xxx, 42819)
>>>>
>>>> [0/1844]
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:18 INFO ObjectStore: Setting MetaStore object pin
>>>> classes with
>>>> hive.metastore.cache.pinobjtypes="Table,StorageDescriptor,SerDeInfo,Partition,Database,Type,FieldSchema,Order"
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:18 INFO MetaStoreDirectSql: MySQL check failed, assuming
>>>> we are not on mysql: Lexical error at line 1, column 5. Encountered: "@"
>>>> (64), after : "".
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:20 INFO Datastore: The class
>>>> "org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MFieldSchema" is tagged as
>>>> "embedded-only" so does not have its own datastore table.
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:20 INFO Datastore: The class
>>>> "org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MOrder" is tagged as
>>>> "embedded-only" so does not have its own datastore table.
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:28 INFO Datastore: The class
>>>> "org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MFieldSchema" is tagged as
>>>> "embedded-only" so does not have its own datastore table.
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:29 INFO Datastore: The class
>>>> "org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.model.MOrder" is tagged as
>>>> "embedded-only" so does not have its own datastore table.
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:31 INFO ObjectStore: Initialized ObjectStore
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:32 WARN ObjectStore: Version information not found in
>>>> metastore. hive.metastore.schema.verification is not enabled so recording
>>>> the schema version 0.13.1aa
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:33 WARN MetricsConfig: Cannot locate configuration:
>>>> tried
>>>> hadoop-metrics2-azure-file-system.properties,hadoop-metrics2.properties
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:33 INFO MetricsSystemImpl: Scheduled snapshot period at
>>>> 10 second(s).
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:33 INFO MetricsSystemImpl: azure-file-system metrics
>>>> system started
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:33 INFO HiveMetaStore: Added admin role in metastore
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:34 INFO HiveMetaStore: Added public role in metastore
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:34 INFO HiveMetaStore: No user is added in admin role,
>>>> since config is empty
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:35 INFO SessionState: No Tez session required at this
>>>> point. hive.execution.engine=mr.
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:37 INFO HiveMetaStore: 0: get_tables: db=default pat=.*
>>>> 15/05/15 17:59:37 INFO audit: ugi=testuser ip=unknown-ip-addr
>>>> cmd=get_tables: db=default pat=.*
>>>>
>>>> not sure what to put in hive.metastore.uris in this case?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Yana Kadiyska <yana.kadiy...@gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This should work. Which version of Spark are you using? Here is what I
>>>>> do -- make sure hive-site.xml is in the conf directory of the machine
>>>>> you're using the driver from. Now let's run spark-shell from that machine:
>>>>>
>>>>> scala> val hc= new org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext(sc)
>>>>> hc: org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext =
>>>>> org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext@6e9f8f26
>>>>>
>>>>> scala> hc.sql("show tables").collect
>>>>> 15/05/15 09:34:17 INFO metastore: Trying to connect to metastore with URI
>>>>> thrift://hostname.com:9083 <-- here should be a value from
>>>>> your hive-site.xml
>>>>> 15/05/15 09:34:17 INFO metastore: Waiting 1 seconds before next
>>>>> connection attempt.
>>>>> 15/05/15 09:34:18 INFO metastore: Connected to metastore.
>>>>> res0: Array[org.apache.spark.sql.Row] = Array([table1,false],
>>>>>
>>>>> scala> hc.getConf("hive.metastore.uris")
>>>>> res13: String = thrift://hostname.com:9083
>>>>>
>>>>> scala> hc.getConf("hive.metastore.warehouse.dir")
>>>>> res14: String = /user/hive/warehouse
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The first line tells you which metastore it's trying to connect to --
>>>>> this should be the string specified under hive.metastore.uris property in
>>>>> your hive-site.xml file. I have not mucked with warehouse.dir too much but
>>>>> I know that the value of the metastore URI is in fact picked up from there
>>>>> as I regularly point to different systems...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Tamas Jambor <jambo...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried to put the hive-site.xml file in the conf/ directory
>>>>>> with, seems it is not picking up from there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Michael Armbrust <
>>>>>> mich...@databricks.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can configure Spark SQLs hive interaction by placing a
>>>>>>> hive-site.xml file in the conf/ directory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:24 AM, jamborta <jambo...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> is it possible to set hive.metastore.warehouse.dir, that is
>>>>>>>> internally
>>>>>>>> create by spark, to be stored externally (e.g. s3 on aws or wasb on
>>>>>>>> azure)?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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