[FLINK-6655] Misleading error message when HistoryServer path is empty

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.2, 1.4.0
• Component/s: Runtime / Coordination
• Assignee: zhangminglei
• Reporter: Timo Walther
• Created: 22/May/17 10:17
• Updated: 28/Feb/19 14:10
• Resolved: 01/Jul/17 10:10

Description

If the HistoryServer jobmanager.archive.fs.dir if e.g. file://. The following exception mentions checkpoints, which is misleading.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot use the root directory for checkpoints.
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.state.filesystem.FsStateBackend.validateAndNormalizeUri(FsStateBackend.java:358)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.MemoryArchivist.org$apache$flink$runtime$jobmanager$MemoryArchivist$$archiveJsonFiles(MemoryArchivist.scala:201)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.MemoryArchivist$$anonfun$handleMessage$1.applyOrElse(MemoryArchivist.scala:107)
	at scala.runtime.AbstractPartialFunction$mcVL$sp.apply$mcVL$sp(AbstractPartialFunction.scala:33)
	at scala.runtime.AbstractPartialFunction$mcVL$sp.apply(AbstractPartialFunction.scala:33)
	at scala.runtime.AbstractPartialFunction$mcVL$sp.apply(AbstractPartialFunction.scala:25)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.LogMessages$$anon$1.apply(LogMessages.scala:33)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.LogMessages$$anon$1.apply(LogMessages.scala:28)
	at scala.PartialFunction$class.applyOrElse(PartialFunction.scala:118)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.LogMessages$$anon$1.applyOrElse(LogMessages.scala:28)
	at akka.actor.Actor$class.aroundReceive(Actor.scala:467)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.MemoryArchivist.aroundReceive(MemoryArchivist.scala:65)
	at akka.actor.ActorCell.receiveMessage(ActorCell.scala:516)
	at akka.actor.ActorCell.invoke(ActorCell.scala:487)
	at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processMailbox(Mailbox.scala:238)
	at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:220)
	at akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$AkkaForkJoinTask.exec(AbstractDispatcher.scala:397)
	at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:260)
	at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1339)
	at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1979)
	at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:107)

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4156