Registry Configuration

The Hadoop service registry is built on top of Apache Zookeeper. It is configured by way of a Hadoop Configuration class: the instance used to create the service controls the behavior of the client.

This document lists the configuration parameters which control the registry client.

The default values of all these settings are defined in core-default.xml. The values in this file may not match those listed in this document. If this is the case, the values in core-default.xml MUST be considered normative.

Changing the configuration values

Changes to the configuration values SHOULD be done in core-site.xml. This will ensure that client and non-YARN applications will pick up the values, so enabling them to read from and potentially write to the registry.

Core Settings

Setting the Zookeeper Quorum: hadoop.registry.zk.quorum

This is an essential setting: it identifies the lists of zookeeper hosts and the ports on which the ZK services are listening.

  <property>
    <description>
      A comma separated list of hostname:port pairs defining the
      zookeeper quorum binding for the registry
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.quorum</name>
    <value>localhost:2181</value>
  </property>

It takes a comma-separated list, such as zk1:2181 ,zk2:2181, zk3:2181

Setting the Zookeeper Registry Base path: hadoop.registry.zk.root

This path sets the base zookeeper node for the registry

  <property>
    <description>
      The root zookeeper node for the registry
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.root</name>
    <value>/registry</value>
  </property>

The default value of /registry is normally sufficient. A different value may be needed for security reasons or because the /registry path is in use.

The root value is prepended to all registry paths so as to create the absolute path. For example:

  • / maps to /registry
  • /services maps to /registry/services
  • /users/yarn maps to /registry/users/yarn

A different value of hadoop.registry.zk.root would result in a different mapping to absolute zookeeper paths.

Security Options

Registry security is enabled when the property hadoop.registry.secure is set to true. Once set, nodes are created with permissions, so that only a specific user and the configured cluster “superuser” accounts can write under their home path of ${hadoop.registry.zk.root}/users. Only the superuser accounts will be able to manipulate the root path, including ${hadoop.registry.zk.root}/services and ${hadoop.registry.zk.root}/users.

All write operations on the registry (including deleting entries and paths) must be authenticated. Read operations are still permitted by unauthenticated callers.

The key settings for secure registry support are:

  • enabling the secure mode: hadoop.registry.secure
  • listing the superuser zookeeper ACLs: hadoop.registry.system.acls
  • listing the kerberos realm for the principals: hadoop.registry.kerberos.realm
  • identifying the JAAS context within the JAAS configuration which defines the user: hadoop.registry.jaas.context

Enabling security

  <property>
    <description>
      Key to set if the registry is secure. Turning it on
      changes the permissions policy from "open access"
      to restrictions on kerberos with the option of
      a user adding one or more auth key pairs down their
      own tree.
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.secure</name>
    <value>false</value>
  </property>

Identifying the client JAAS context

The registry clients must identify the JAAS context which they use to authenticate to the registry.

  <property>
    <description>
      Key to define the JAAS context. Used in secure mode
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.jaas.context</name>
    <value>Client</value>
  </property>

Note as the Resource Manager is simply another client of the registry, it too must have this context defined.

Identifying the system accounts hadoop.registry.system.acls

These are the the accounts which are given full access to the base of the registry. The Resource Manager needs this option to create the root paths.

Client applications writing to the registry access to the nodes it creates.

  1. The property hadoop.registry.system.acls takes a comma-separated list of zookeeper ACLs which are given full access to created nodes; the permissions READ | WRITE | CREATE | DELETE | ADMIN.
  2. Any zookeeper ACL scheme may be added to this, such as the digest: scheme.
  3. The SASL scheme, sasl:, is used to identify which callers identified by sasl have full access. These are the superuser accounts.
  4. They may be identified by elements such as sasl:yarn@REALM.COM.
  5. To aid portability of SASL settings, especially the default value, any sasl: entry without the realm value —that is, any entry that terminates in the @ symbol— has the current realm appended to it.
  6. This realm is set to that of the current user.
  7. It may be overridden by the property hadoop.registry.kerberos.realm.
  <property>
    <description>
      A comma separated list of Zookeeper ACL identifiers with
      system access to the registry in a secure cluster.
      These are given full access to all entries.
      If there is an "@" at the end of a SASL entry it
      instructs the registry client to append the default kerberos domain.
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.system.acls</name>
    <value>sasl:yarn@, sasl:mapred@, sasl:mapred@, sasl:hdfs@</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      The kerberos realm: used to set the realm of
      system principals which do not declare their realm,
      and any other accounts that need the value.
      If empty, the default realm of the running process
      is used.
      If neither are known and the realm is needed, then the registry
      service/client will fail.
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.kerberos.realm</name>
    <value></value>
  </property>

Example: an hadoop.registry.system.acls entry of sasl:yarn@, sasl:admin@EXAMPLE.COM, sasl:system@REALM2, would, in a YARN cluster with the realm EXAMPLE.COM, add the following admin accounts to every node

  • sasl:yarn@EXAMPLE.COM
  • sasl:admin@EXAMPLE.COM
  • sasl:system@REALM2

The identity of a client application creating registry entries will be automatically included in the permissions of all entries created. If, for example, the account creating an entry was hbase, another entry would be created

  • sasl:hbase@EXAMPLE.COM

Important: when setting the system ACLS, it is critical to include the identity of the YARN Resource Manager.

The RM needs to be able to create the root and user paths, and delete service records during application and container cleanup.

Zookeeper connection management options

Some low level options manage the ZK connection —more specifically, its failure handling.

The Zookeeper registry clients use Apache Curator to connect to Zookeeper, a library which detects timeouts and attempts to reconnect to one of the servers which forms the zookeeper quorum. It is only after a timeout is detected that a retry is triggered.

  <property>
    <description>
      Zookeeper session timeout in milliseconds
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.session.timeout.ms</name>
    <value>60000</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      Zookeeper connection timeout in milliseconds
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.connection.timeout.ms</name>
    <value>15000</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      Zookeeper connection retry count before failing
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.retry.times</name>
    <value>5</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.retry.interval.ms</name>
    <value>1000</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      Zookeeper retry limit in milliseconds, during
      exponential backoff.
      This places a limit even
      if the retry times and interval limit, combined
      with the backoff policy, result in a long retry
      period
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.retry.ceiling.ms</name>
    <value>60000</value>
  </property>

The retry strategy used in the registry client is BoundedExponentialBackoffRetry: This backs off exponentially on connection failures before eventually concluding that the quorum is unreachable and failing.

Complete Set of Configuration Options

  <!-- YARN registry -->

  <property>
    <description>
      A comma separated list of hostname:port pairs defining the
      zookeeper quorum binding for the registry
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.quorum</name>
    <value>localhost:2181</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      The root zookeeper node for the registry
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.root</name>
    <value>/registry</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      Key to set if the registry is secure. Turning it on
      changes the permissions policy from "open access"
      to restrictions on kerberos with the option of
      a user adding one or more auth key pairs down their
      own tree.
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.secure</name>
    <value>false</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      A comma separated list of Zookeeper ACL identifiers with
      system access to the registry in a secure cluster.

      These are given full access to all entries.

      If there is an "@" at the end of a SASL entry it
      instructs the registry client to append the default kerberos domain.
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.system.acls</name>
    <value>sasl:yarn@, sasl:mapred@, sasl:mapred@, sasl:hdfs@</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      The kerberos realm: used to set the realm of
      system principals which do not declare their realm,
      and any other accounts that need the value.

      If empty, the default realm of the running process
      is used.

      If neither are known and the realm is needed, then the registry
      service/client will fail.
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.kerberos.realm</name>
    <value></value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      Key to define the JAAS context. Used in secure
      mode
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.jaas.context</name>
    <value>Client</value>
  </property>


  <property>
    <description>
      Zookeeper session timeout in milliseconds
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.session.timeout.ms</name>
    <value>60000</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      Zookeeper session timeout in milliseconds
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.connection.timeout.ms</name>
    <value>15000</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      Zookeeper connection retry count before failing
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.retry.times</name>
    <value>5</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.retry.interval.ms</name>
    <value>1000</value>
  </property>

  <property>
    <description>
      Zookeeper retry limit in milliseconds, during
      exponential backoff: {@value}

      This places a limit even
      if the retry times and interval limit, combined
      with the backoff policy, result in a long retry
      period
    </description>
    <name>hadoop.registry.zk.retry.ceiling.ms</name>
    <value>60000</value>
  </property>