Appendix C: Troubleshooting

Drill-on-YARN starts a complex chain of events: the client starts the AM and the AM starts Drillbits, both using YARN. Many opportunities exist for configuration issues to derail the process. Below are a number of items to check if things go wrong.

Client Start

The Drill-on-YARN client prints all messages to the console. Some common errors are:

Missing HADOOP_HOME Drill-on-YARN requires access to your Hadoop configuration as described above. The client will display an error and fail if it is unable to load the DFS or YARN configuration, typically because HADOOP_HOME is not set.

Missing/wrong Drill Archive Drill-on-YARN uploads your Drill archive to DFS. The client will fail if the archive configuration is missing, if the archive does not exist, is not readable, or is not in the correct format. Check that the drill.yarn.drill-install.client-path provides the full path name to the Drill archive.

DFS Configuration or Connection Problems

The Drill-on-YARN client uploads the Drill archive and your site directory to your DFS. Possible problems here include: ● Missing DFS configuration in the Hadoop configuration folder ● Incorrect DFS configuration (wrong host or port) ● Missing permissions to write to the folder identified by the drill.yarn.dfs.app-dir configuration property (“/user/drill” by default.)

Wrong Version of the Drill Archive

Drill-on-YARN uploads a new copy of your site archive each time you start your Drill cluster. However, the Drill software archive is large, so Drill-on-YARN uploads the archive only when it changes. Drill detects changes by comparing the size of the DFS copy with your local copy. Most of the time this works fine. However, if you suspect that Drill has not uploaded the most recent copy, you can force the client to perform an upload by either manually deleting the Drill archive from DFS, or using the f option:

   $DRILL_HOME/bin/drill-on-yarn.sh --site $DRILL_SITE start -f

Site Directory Problems

Drill creates a tar archive of your site directory using the following command:

   tar -C $DRILL_SITE -czf /some/tmp/dir/temp-name.tar.gz

For some temporary directory selected by Java. This command can fail if your version of tar does not recognize the above arguments, if the site directory is not readable, or the temporary file cannot be created.

YARN Application Launch Failure

YARN may fail to launch the Drill AM for a number of reasons. The user running the Drill-on-YARN client may not have permission to launch YARN applications. YARN itself may encounter errors. Check the YARN log files for possible causes.

Diagnosing Post-Launch Problems If the Drill AM starts, but does not launch Drillbits, your next step is to check the Drill AM web UI using the link provided when the application starts. If the AM exits quickly, then the URL may not be valid.

Instead, you can use YARN’s own Resource Manager UI to check the status of the application, using the Application ID provided when the application starts. Look at the application’s log files for possible problems.

Application Master Port Conflict

The Drill-on-YARN Application Master provides a web UI on port 8048 (one greater than the Drill web UI port) by default. However, if another application is already bound to that port, the AM will fail to launch. Select a different port, as follows:

   drill.yarn.http.port: 12345

Multiple AMs It is easy to accidentally start multiple AMs for the same Drill cluster. Two lines of defense protect against this fault:

The Drill-on-YARN client look for an existing appid file and refuses to start a new AM when the file is present. (Use the f file if the file is not valid.) The AM registers with ZK and will automatically shut down if another AM is already registered.

Drillbit Failure ● Finding launch, container, log directories ● Double drillbit with same ports

Diagnostics ● Client ● Client provides AM web UI ● Finding launch, container, log directories ● Client status

Fixing Problems ● Change config files ● If Drill archive changes, force new upload ● Missing app ID file (use a option) ● Stop existing app (f to force stop) ● Restart DoY (reuploads config)