[HCATALOG-107] Proper documentation for hive.metastore.warehouse.dir config

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.2
• Fix Version/s: 0.2
• Component/s: documentation

Environment

documentation

• Assignee: Corinne Chandel
• Reporter: Thomas Weise
• Created: 15/Sep/11 22:56
• Updated: 02/Nov/11 23:24
• Resolved: 02/Nov/11 23:24

Description

src/docs/src/documentation/content/xdoc/install.xml

"The directory you want to use for the default database in your installation"

After having played with the setting a bit, here is how it seems to work (should be documented):

The directory can be URI or absolute file path. If it is absolute file path, it will be resolved to a URI by the metastore:

If default hdfs was specified in core-site.xml, path resolves to HDFS location.
Otherwise, path is resolved as local file: URI.

This setting becomes effective when creating new tables (takes precedence over default DBS.DB_LOCATION_URI at time of table creation).