[HDFS-2595] misleading message when fs.default.name not set and running sbin/start-dfs.sh

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.0
• Component/s: namenode, scripts
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joe Crobak
• Created: 27/Nov/11 13:51
• Updated: 18/Dec/16 20:45

Description

sbin/start-dfs.sh calls bin/hdfs getconf -namenodes which reports the following error if the default value of fs.default.name from core-default.xml is used:

Incorrect configuration: namenode address dfs.namenode.servicerpc-address or dfs.namenode.rpc-address is not configured.

In previous versions of hadoop, I would see a slightly more helpful message:

org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Does not contain a valid host:port authority: file:///