[SPARK-5412] Cannot bind Master to a specific hostname as per the documentation

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.3, 1.3.2, 1.4.0
• Component/s: Deploy
• Target Version/s: 1.2.3, 1.3.2, 1.4.0
• Assignee: Sean R. Owen
• Reporter: Alexis Seigneurin
• Created: 26/Jan/15 22:21
• Updated: 15/May/15 18:32
• Resolved: 15/May/15 18:32

Description

Documentation on http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/spark-standalone.html indicates:

You can start a standalone master server by executing:
./sbin/start-master.sh
...
the following configuration options can be passed to the master and worker:
...
-h HOST, --host HOST Hostname to listen on

The "-h" or "--host" parameter actually doesn't work with the start-master.sh script. Instead, one has to set the "SPARK_MASTER_IP" variable prior to executing the script.

Either the script or the documentation should be updated.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #6185 (srowen)