Install the Spark History Server

While logs from the Spark driver and executor pods can be viewed using kubectl logs [POD_NAME], executor pods are deleted at their end of their execution, and driver pods are deleted by Fusion on a default schedule of every hour. In order to preserve and view Spark logs, install the Spark History Server into your Kubernetes cluster and configure Spark to write logs in a manner that suits your needs.

Spark History Server can be installed via its publicly available Helm chart. To do this, create a values.yaml file to configure it:

For related topics, see Spark Operations.