Whirr is configured using a properties file, and optionally using command line arguments
when using the CLI. Command line arguments take precedence over properties specified in a
properties file.
|
Name
|
Command line option
|
Default
|
Description
|
|
whirr.config
|
--config
|
none |
A filename of a properties file containing properties in this table.
Note that Whirr properties specified in this file all have a
whirr.prefix. |
|
whirr.service-name
|
--service-name
|
The default service for launching clusters |
The name of the service to use. You only need to set this if you want to
use a non-standard service launcher. |
|
whirr.cluster-name
|
--cluster-name
|
none |
The name of the cluster to operate on. E.g.
hadoopcluster. The cluster name is used to tag the instances in some
cloud-specific way. For example, in Amazon it is used to form the security group name. |
|
whirr.terminate-all-on-launch-failure
|
--terminate-all-on-launch-failure
|
true |
Whether or not to automatically terminate all nodes when cluster
launch fails for some reason. |
|
Name
|
Command line option
|
Default
|
Description
|
|
whirr.instance-templates
|
--instance-templates
|
none |
The number of instances to launch for each set of roles in a service.
E.g.
1 nn+jt,10 dn+ttmeans one instance with the roles
nn(namenode) and
jt(jobtracker), and ten instances each with the roles
dn(datanode) and
tt(tasktracker). Note that currently a role may only be specified in a single
group. |
|
whirr.instance-templates-max-percent-failures
|
--instance-templates-max-percent-failures
|
none |
The percentage of successfully started instances for each set of roles.
E.g.
100 nn+jt,60 dn+ttmeans all instances with the roles
nn(namenode) and
jt(jobtracker) has to be successfully started, and 60% of instances has to be
successfully started each with the roles
dn(datanode) and
tt(tasktracker), otherwise a retry step is initiated with the number of nodes
equal with the missing nodes per role compared to
instance-templatesvalue. If after the retry the percentage of successfully started
instances is still behind the limit, then the cluster startup is considered invalid. In a
valid cluster startup, with or without retry mechanism, all the failed nodes will be
cleaned up immediately. Only the completely failed cluster may leave unterminated failed
nodes. Default value is 100 for each roles, in that case we don't need to use this
parameter at all. In case we would like to lower the limit from 100% to 60% for only the
dd(datanode) and
tt(tasktracker), then we can specify
60 dn+ttfor the parameter and we may left the
100 nn+jt,from the beginning of the value. |
|
whirr.instance-templates-minimum-number-of-instances
|
--instance-templates-minimum-number-of-instances
|
none |
The minimum number of successfully started instances for each set of
roles. E.g.
1 nn+jt,6 dn+ttmeans 1 instance with the roles
nn(namenode) and
jt(jobtracker) has to be successfully started, and 6 instances has to be
successfully started each with the roles
dn(datanode) and
tt(tasktracker), otherwise a retry step is initiated with the number of nodes
equal with the missing nodes per role compared to
instance-templatesvalue. If after the retry the number of successfully started
instances i still behind the limit, then the cluster startup is considered invalid. In a
valid cluster startup, with or without retry mechanism, all the failed nodes will be
cleaned up immediately. Only the completely failed cluster may leave unterminated failed
nodes. Note that we may specify only
6 dd+tt, in that case the limit will be applied only to the specified role.
Default value is 100 for each roles, in that case we don't need to use this parameter at
all. In case we would like to lower the limit for only the
dd(datanode) and
tt(tasktracker), then we can specify
60 dn+ttfor the parameter, skipping the
100 nn+jt. |
|
whirr.max-startup-retries
|
--max-startup-retries
|
1
|
The number of retries in case of insufficient successfully started
instances. |
|
whirr.aws-ec2-spot-price
|
--aws-ec2-spot-price
|
none
|
Spot instance price. If the price isn't fulfilled it times out after 20 minutes
(jclouds.compute.timeout.node-running). We recommended that you set the spot price
to current real price so that you will always save money while keeping the instances
running because you will still pay the spot price and not the max value you put in. Keep
in mind that price spikes can still take out some instances, or prevent requests being
filled, but it works well most of the time. Note: this is an EC2 specific option.
|
|
Name
|
Command line option
|
Default
|
Description
|
|
whirr.provider
|
--provider
|
aws-ec2
|
The name of the cloud provider. See the
table below for possible provider names. |
|
whirr.location-id
|
--location-id
|
none |
The location to launch instances in. If not specified then an arbitrary
location will be chosen. |
|
whirr.endpoint
|
--endpoint
|
none |
Specifies the url of the compute provider. For example, for openstack-nova, it is the keystone url, like: http://localhost:5000/v2.0/. If not specified, it is the default for the provider |
|
whirr.identity
|
--identity
|
none |
The cloud identity. See the
table below for how this maps to the credentials for
your provider. |
|
whirr.credential
|
--credential
|
none |
The cloud credential. See the
table below for how this maps to the credentials for
your provider. |
|
whirr.bootstrap-user
|
--bootstrap-user
|
none |
Override the default login user used to bootstrap whirr. E.g. ubuntu or
myuser:mypass |
Note: we are testing only on aws-ec2 and cloudserver-us.
|
Name
|
Command line option
|
Default
|
Description
|
|
whirr.blobstore-provider
|
--blobstore-provider
|
Computed from
whirr.provider |
The name of the blobstore provider. All jclouds blobstore providers are
supported |
|
whirr.blobstore-endpoint
|
--blobstore-endpoint
|
none |
Specifies the url of the blobstore provider. For example, for swift-keystone, it is the keystone url, like: http://localhost:5000/v2.0/. If not specified, it is the default for the provider |
|
whirr.blobstore-identity
|
--blobstore-identity
|
whirr.identity
|
The blobstore identity. See the
table below for how this maps to the credentials for
your provider. |
|
whirr.blobstore-credential
|
--blobstore-credential
|
whirr.credential
|
The blobstore credential. See the
table below for how this maps to the credentials for
your provider. |
|
whirr.blobstore-location-id
|
--blobstore-location-id
|
As close as possible to the compute nodes |
The blobstore location ID |
|
whirr.blobstore-cache-container
|
--blobstore-cache-container
|
Random container automatically removed at the end of the session |
The name of the container that Whirr should use to cache local files |
Note: we are testing only on aws-s3 and cloudfiles-us.
|
Name
|
Command line option
|
Default
|
Description
|
|
whirr.state-store
|
--state-store
|
local |
What kind of store to use for cluster state (local, blob or none). |
|
whirr.state-store-container
|
--state-store-container
|
none |
Container where to store state. Valid only for the blob state
store. |
|
whirr.state-store-blob
|
--state-store-blob
|
whirr-<
whirr.cluster-name> |
Blob name for state storage. Valid only for the blob state store. |
|
Name
|
Command line option
|
Default
|
Description
|
|
whirr.cluster-user
|
--cluster-user
|
Current local user |
The name of the user that Whirr will create on all instances. This is
the user you should use to access the cluster. |
|
whirr.private-key-file
|
--private-key-file
|
~/.ssh/id_rsa
|
The filename of the private RSA SSH key used to connect to instances.
Note: the public/private key must be set together, and must be passwordless. |
|
whirr.public-key-file
|
--public-key-file
|
~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub |
The filename of the public RSA SSH key used to connect to instances.
Note: the public/private key must be set together, and must be passwordless. |
|
Name
|
Command line option
|
Default
|
Description
|
|
whirr.template
|
--template
|
osFamily=UBUNTU,osVersionMatches=10.04,minRam=1024 |
The specification of requirements for instances in jclouds TemplateBuilderSpec format. For example, this can control the ram, cores, os, and login user details. |
|
whirr.image-id
|
--image-id
|
none |
The ID of the image to use for instances. If not specified then a
vanilla Linux image is chosen. |
|
whirr.hardware-id
|
--hardware-id
|
none |
The type of hardware to use for the instance. This must be compatible
with the image ID. |
|
whirr.hardware-min-ram
|
--hardware-min-ram
|
1024 |
The minimum amount of RAM each instance should have |
|
Name
|
Command line option
|
Default
|
Description
|
|
whirr.client-cidrs
|
--client-cidrs
|
none |
A comma-separated list of
CIDRblocks. E.g.
208.128.0.0/11,108.128.0.0/11 |
|
whirr.firewall-rules
|
--firewall-rules
|
none |
A comma-separated list of port numbers to open. E.g. 8080,8181. |
|
whirr.firewall-rules.{role}
|
--firewall-rules.{role}
|
none |
A comma-separated list of port numbers to open on instances with a specific role. Replace {role} the actual role name. E.g. whirr.firewall-rules.hbase-master=10101. |
|
whirr.store-cluster-in-etc-hosts
|
--store-cluster-in-etc-hosts
|
false |
Whether to store all cluster IPs and hostnames in /etc/hosts on each node. |
|
Compute Service Provider
|
whirr.provider
|
whirr.identity
|
whirr.credential
|
Notes
|
| Amazon EC2 |
aws-ec2
|
Access Key ID |
Secret Access Key |
Used to form security Group (via jclouds tag) |
| Rackspace Cloud Servers |
cloudservers-us
|
Username |
API Key |
Warning: clusters do not run behind a firewall. |
|
Name
|
Default
|
Unit
|
Description
|
|
jclouds.compute.timeout.node-terminated
|
30000 (30 sec.)
|
msec
|
The max. time to wait for nodes to be terminated |
|
jclouds.compute.timeout.node-running
|
120000 (2 min.)
|
msec
|
The max. time to wait for nodes to be in running state |
|
jclouds.compute.timeout.script-complete
|
600000 (10 min.)
|
msec
|
The max. time to wait for a script to complete execution |
|
jclouds.compute.timeout.port-open
|
30000 (30 sec.)
|
msec
|
The max. time to wait for nodes to wait for the ssh port to open on newly
lauched nodes |
|
jclouds.ssh.retryable-messages
|
failed to send channel request,
channel is not opened,
invalid data,
End of IO Stream Read,
Connection reset,
connection is closed by foreign host,
socket is not established
|
--
|
Comma-separated list of error messages upon receiving which jclouds retries
the ssh action. |
|
jclouds.ssh.max-retries
|
7
|
times
|
The max. number of retries jclouds will attempt a failed ssh action.
The period between tries increases from 200ms -> 2 seconds per math.pow(attempt, 2) |
|
jclouds.ssh.retry-auth
|
true
|
boolean
|
Whether jclouds should retry ssh actions on authentication failed errors. |
|
jclouds.compute.blacklist-nodes
|
|
--
|
Comma-separated list of nodes that we shouldn't attempt to list
as they are dead in the provider for some reason. |
