1. Getting the logs

Use the following instructions to view the log file for gsInstaller:

[Important]Important

If you encounter any issues with your installation, DO NOT ATTEMPT to recover the any of the files manually. Follow the steps for RPM based uninstallation and start the installation again with a clean image.

  1. Find the process ID appended to the HDP Installer’s log file:

    grep -ir “gsInstaller*” /tmp

  2. Open the file in an editor of your choice.

  3. The location for all the log files for each of the components (HDFS, MapReduce, HBase, HCatalog, WebHCat, Oozie, Sqoop, Nagios, Ganglia) are specified in the gsInstaller.properties file.

To manually start or stop Hadoop services (NameNode, DataNodes, JobTracker, TaskTrackers, HBase Master, RegionServers, Zookeeper, and HCatalog) refer to the instructions provided here: Manage Services Manually.


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