[jira] [Created] (BIGTOP-1754) Optional global for root log directory

["Rob Leidle (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Rob Leidle created BIGTOP-1754:
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             Summary: Optional global for root log directory
                 Key: BIGTOP-1754
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-1754
             Project: Bigtop
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: debian, rpm
    Affects Versions: 0.8.0
            Reporter: Rob Leidle
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: backlog


Right now most, if not all, Bigtop RPM packages are setup to log to /var/log/${app} where app is something like hue, hadoop-yarn, or hive. Often times systems are configured with small root partitions that can't handle this large degree of logging. However, it is very useful to have the logs always be in /var/log/hadoop-hdfs as this is an easy path to remember.

The proposal is that we add a global variable for defining a logging root. So for example it could be defined as /mnt/log. If this variable is set then the directory will be created and a symlink in var log will be created. So in the case of hadoop-yarn:

/var/log -> /mnt/log/hadoop-yarn

would be the symlink created. All RPM specs would be updated to support this global root logging location.



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