[YARN-483] Improve documentation on log aggregation in yarn-default.xml

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.3-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Target Version/s: 2.5.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Akira Ajisaka
• Reporter: Sandy Ryza
• Created: 16/Mar/13 19:46
• Updated: 15/Aug/14 05:44
• Resolved: 25/Apr/14 21:14

Description

The current documentation for log aggregation is

  <property>
    <description>Whether to enable log aggregation</description>
    <name>yarn.log-aggregation-enable</name>
    <value>false</value>
  </property>

This could be improved to explain what enabling log aggregation does.