[IMPALA-7383] Make METASTORE_DB configurable and default to escaped $IMPALA_HOME

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 3.1.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 3.1.0
• Labels: infrastructure
• Epic Color: ghx-label-5
• Assignee: Tianyi Wang
• Reporter: Tianyi Wang
• Created: 01/Aug/18 22:30
• Updated: 22/Oct/18 22:25
• Resolved: 13/Aug/18 18:19

Description

Some developers keep multiple impala repos on their disk. Isolating METASTORE_DB may help with switching between those repos without needing to reload the data.

Sub-Tasks

• Impala 3.1 Doc: Make METASTORE_DB configurable and default to escaped $IMPALA_HOME: Closed