> > Couple of questions > > 1. How can I grant privileges to the login user so that I can > controlall the stuff running on cluster >
By editing the bash setup / configure scripts. What privileges are you missing? > 2. Once the cluster is running, a display summary would be better like > Name Node IP Login string > Data Node IP Login String .... > It will make life easy for the user :) > Sounds like an easy fix. Have you tried: $ ./bin/whirr list-cluster --config ... > 3. Is it possible to restart the cluster instance manually > afterlogging in or the only way is to destroy and launch the cluster > again? > This is work in progress for 0.8.0: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-421 Start/Stop/Cleanup are not yet implemented for Hadoop & HBase. See: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-266 > 4. Is it possible to use whirr to configure a Hadoop cluster > withalready running instances on EC2, rather than firing new ones? The > Usecase is to reuse instances during off-peak hours, which would > anywaysbe running. > Yes, you can use the BYON provider. The tricky part is cleaning up the nodes when the cluster is destroyed - this is also part of WHIRR-266. You will need two files similar to: https://github.com/apache/whirr/blob/trunk/recipes/nodes-byon.yaml https://github.com/apache/whirr/blob/trunk/recipes/zookeeper-byon.properties > -- > thanks > ashish > > Blog: http://www.ashishpaliwal.com/blog > My Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/ashishpaliwal >
