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Why does start-all.sh from root cause "failed to launch org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master: JAVA_HOME is not set"?


I am trying to execute a Spark application built through Scala IDE through my standalone Spark service running on cloudera quickstart VM 5.3.0.

My cloudera account JAVA_HOME is /usr/java/default

However, I am facing the below error message while executing the start-all.sh command from cloudera user as below:

[cloudera@localhost sbin]$ pwd
/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin
[cloudera@localhost sbin]$ ./start-all.sh
chown: changing ownership of `/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/../logs': Operation not permitted
starting org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master, logging to /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/../logs/spark-cloudera-org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master-1-localhost.localdomain.out
/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/spark-daemon.sh: line 151: /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/../logs/spark-cloudera-org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master-1-localhost.localdomain.out: Permission denied
failed to launch org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master:
tail: cannot open `/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/../logs/spark-cloudera-org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master-1-localhost.localdomain.out' for reading: No such file or directory
full log in /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/../logs/spark-cloudera-org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master-1-localhost.localdomain.out
cloudera@localhost's password: 
localhost: chown: changing ownership of `/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/logs': Operation not permitted
localhost: starting org.apache.spark.deploy.worker.Worker, logging to /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/logs/spark-cloudera-org.apache.spark.deploy.worker.Worker-1-localhost.localdomain.out
localhost: /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/spark-daemon.sh: line 151: /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/logs/spark-cloudera-org.apache.spark.deploy.worker.Worker-1-localhost.localdomain.out: Permission denied
localhost: failed to launch org.apache.spark.deploy.worker.Worker:
localhost: tail: cannot open `/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/logs/spark-cloudera-org.apache.spark.deploy.worker.Worker-1-localhost.localdomain.out' for reading: No such file or directory
localhost: full log in /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/logs/spark-cloudera-org.apache.spark.deploy.worker.Worker-1-localhost.localdomain.out

I had added export CMF_AGENT_JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default in /etc/default/cloudera-scm-agent and run sudo service cloudera-scm-agent restart. See How to set CMF_AGENT_JAVA_HOME

I had also added export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default in locate_java_home function definition in file /usr/share/cmf/bin/cmf-server and restarted the cluster and standalone Spark service

But the below error is repeating while starting spark service from root user

[root@localhost spark]# sbin/start-all.sh
starting org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master, logging to /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/../logs/spark-root-org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master-1-localhost.localdomain.out
failed to launch org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master:
  JAVA_HOME is not set
full log in /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH-5.3.0-1.cdh5.3.0.p0.30/lib/spark/sbin/../logs/spark-root-org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master-1-localhost.localdomain.out
root@localhost's password: 
localhost: Connection closed by UNKNOWN

Can anybody suggest how to set JAVA_HOME so as to start Spark standalone service on cloudera manager?


Solution

  • The solution had been quite easy and straightforward. Just added export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default in /root/.bashrc and it successfully started the spark services from root user without the JAVA_HOME is not set error. Hope it helps somebody facing same problem.