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Posted to commits@storm.apache.org by ka...@apache.org on 2017/03/07 23:45:48 UTC
[1/2] storm git commit: Improve the page about symlinks in Windows
Repository: storm
Updated Branches:
refs/heads/master f2eb6af91 -> fc69a1cb4
Improve the page about symlinks in Windows
The symlink permissions are not supported in some (non-pro) Windows versions.
Signed-off-by: alexlehm <al...@gmail.com>
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/commit/ae8ef6f1
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/tree/ae8ef6f1
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/diff/ae8ef6f1
Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: ae8ef6f131e4e81fb134a839d2c02406c26d752e
Parents: f2eb6af
Author: alexlehm <al...@gmail.com>
Authored: Sat Mar 4 00:10:52 2017 +0100
Committer: Jungtaek Lim <ka...@gmail.com>
Committed: Wed Mar 8 08:45:37 2017 +0900
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docs/windows-users-guide.md | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/blob/ae8ef6f1/docs/windows-users-guide.md
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diff --git a/docs/windows-users-guide.md b/docs/windows-users-guide.md
index 75bb0fc..4ebd929 100644
--- a/docs/windows-users-guide.md
+++ b/docs/windows-users-guide.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ This page guides how to set up environment on Windows for Apache Storm.
Starting at 1.0.0, Apache Storm utilizes `symbolic link` to aggregate log directory and resource directory into worker directory.
Unfortunately, `creating symbolic link` on Windows needs non-default privilege, so users should configure it manually to make sure Storm processes can create symbolic link on runtime.
+Depending on the Windows version (i.e. non-professional), setting symbolic links privilege by a security policy is not possible since the tool is not installed.
+
+When creating a symbolic link is not possible, the Supervisor process will stop as soon as it tries to start workers since the permission exception is considered a fatal error.
Below pages (MS technet) guide how to configure that policy to the account which Storm runs on.
@@ -18,4 +21,7 @@ Below pages (MS technet) guide how to configure that policy to the account which
One tricky point is, `administrator` group already has this privilege, but it's activated only process is run as `administrator` account.
So if your account belongs to `administrator` group (and you don't want to change it), you may want to open `command prompt` with `run as administrator` and execute processes within that console.
-If you don't want to execute Storm processes directly (not on command prompt), please execute processes with `runas /user:administrator` to run as administrator account.
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+If you don't want to execute Storm processes directly (not on command prompt), please execute processes with `runas /user:administrator` to run as administrator account.
+
+Starting with Windows 10 Creators Update, it will be possible to activate a Developer Mode that supports creating symbolic links without `run as administrator`
+[Symlinks in Windows 10!](https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/)
[2/2] storm git commit: Merge branch
'doc-improve-windows-symlink-merge'
Posted by ka...@apache.org.
Merge branch 'doc-improve-windows-symlink-merge'
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/commit/fc69a1cb
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/tree/fc69a1cb
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/storm/diff/fc69a1cb
Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: fc69a1cb490171811797056eebd7428966c431b8
Parents: f2eb6af ae8ef6f
Author: Jungtaek Lim <ka...@gmail.com>
Authored: Wed Mar 8 08:45:43 2017 +0900
Committer: Jungtaek Lim <ka...@gmail.com>
Committed: Wed Mar 8 08:45:43 2017 +0900
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docs/windows-users-guide.md | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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