[REEF-246] On machines with multiple IP addresses, Need a better solution when choosing which ip address to listen on

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.11
• Fix Version/s: 0.11
• Component/s: REEF-IO, REEF.NET, Wake
• Assignee: Markus Weimer
• Reporter: Beysim Sezgin
• Created: 13/Apr/15 16:49
• Updated: 22/Apr/15 14:56
• Resolved: 21/Apr/15 01:17

Description

On machines with multiple IP addresses, there is no way to configure which IP address should be favored. We currently enumerate all the addresses available and avoid 127.x.x.x. This is not sufficient.
Possible solutions:
1. Make IP selection code injectable.
2. Since most clusters are already configured to make MapReduce run, use their method (Inet4Address.getLocalHost().getHostAddress()) to choose an IP address.
3. ....

Issue Links

• blocks: REEF-263 Create injectable InetSocketFactory
• is blocked by: REEF-268 Simplify Configuration passthrough from Client to Driver to Evaluator
• is related to: REEF-264 Make the NameService injectable
• is related to: REEF-247 Port ranges should to be configurable for listening
• is related to: REEF-265 Make NetworkService injection mandatory
• is related to: REEF-266 Make RemoteManager injection mandatory
• is related to: REEF-263 Create injectable InetSocketFactory
• is required by: REEF-274 Binding address resolution should be configurable in .NET
• links to: #155
• links to: The branch I do the work in (will be force-pushed to)