[FLINK-12362] Remove legacy container number config option for Flink on yarn

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Done
• Fix Version/s: 1.10.0
• Component/s: Deployment / YARN
• Labels: pull-request-available

Release Note

The Flink CLI no longer supports the deprecated command line option `-yn/--yarncontainer` which were used to specify the number of containers to start on Yarn. This options has been deprecated since the introduction of Flip-6. All Flink users are advised to remove this command line option.

• Assignee: vinoyang
• Reporter: vinoyang
• Created: 29/Apr/19 06:59
• Updated: 24/Jan/20 16:58
• Resolved: 16/Sep/19 11:19

Description

The -n config option for Flink on YARN has been deprecated and removed from documentation. However, there are still some legacy code exists in the codebase. We need to clean up them.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9678