[FALCON-2007] Hive DR Replication failing with "Can not create a Path from a null string"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9
• Fix Version/s: 0.10
• Assignee: Peeyush Bishnoi
• Reporter: Peeyush Bishnoi
• Created: 31/May/16 17:08
• Updated: 02/Jun/16 14:46
• Resolved: 02/Jun/16 14:46

Description

Hive DR Replication failing with "Can not create a Path from a null string" when I am trying to run in HA and secure enabled environment.
Following is the exception:

Error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a Path from a null string
	at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path.checkPathArg(Path.java:122)
	at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path.<init>(Path.java:134)
	at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path.<init>(Path.java:88)
	at org.apache.falcon.hive.util.HiveDRUtils.getDefaultConf(HiveDRUtils.java:68)
	at org.apache.falcon.hive.util.FileUtils.getConfiguration(FileUtils.java:44)
	at org.apache.falcon.hive.util.EventUtils.initializeFS(EventUtils.java:137)
	at org.apache.falcon.hive.mapreduce.CopyMapper.setup(CopyMapper.java:46)

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #167