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    Fusion 5.12

    Spark Configuration for Fusion 4.x

    Spark has a number of configuration properties. In this section, we will cover some of the key settings you will need to use Fusion’s Spark integration.

    For the full set of Fusion’s spark-related configuration properties, see the Spark Jobs API.

    Spark master/worker resource allocation

    If you co-locate Spark workers and Solr nodes on the same server, then be sure to reserve some CPU for Solr to avoid a compute intensive Spark job from starving Solr of CPU resources.

    Number of cores allocated

    To change the CPU usage per worker, you need to use the Fusion configuration API to update this setting, as in the following example.

    curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD -H 'Content-type:application/json' -X PUT -d '6' \
http://localhost:8764/api/configurations/fusion.spark.worker.cores

    You can also over-allocate cores to a spark-worker, which usually is recommended for hyper-threaded cores by setting the property spark-worker.envVars to SPARK_WORKER_CORES=<number of cores> in the fusion.cors (fusion.properties in Fusion 4.x) file on all nodes hosting a spark-worker. For example, a r4.2xlarge instance in EC2 has 8 CPU cores, but the following configuration will improve utilization and performance:

    spark-worker.envVars=SPARK_WORKER_CORES=16,SPARK_SCALA_VERSION=2.11,SPARK_PUBLIC_DNS=${default.address},SPARK_LOCAL_IP=${default.address}

    You can obtain the IP address that the Spark master web UI binds to with this API command:

    curl http://<FUSION_HOST>/api/spark/master
    We encourage you to set the default.address property in fusion.cors (fusion.properties in Fusion 4.x) to ensure that all Spark processes have a consistent address to bind to.

    After making this change to your Spark worker nodes, you must restart the spark-worker process on each.

    On Unix:

    ./spark-worker restart

    Give this command from the bin directory below the Fusion home directory, for example, /opt/fusion/latest.x.

    On Windows:

    spark-worker.cmd restart

    Give this command from the bin directory below the Fusion home directory, for example, C:\lucidworks\fusion\latest.x.

    Memory allocation

    The amount of memory allocated to each worker process is controlled by Fusion property fusion.spark.worker.memory which specifies the total amount of memory available for all executors spun up by that Spark Worker process. This is the quantity seen in the memory column against a worker entry in the Workers table.

    The JVM memory setting (-Xmx) for the spark-worker process configured in the fusion.cors (fusion.properties in Fusion 4.x) file controls how much memory the spark-worker needs to manage executors (and not how much memory should be made available to your job(s)). When modifying the -Xmx value, use curl as follows:

    curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD -H 'Content-type:application/json' -X PUT -d '8g' \
http://localhost:8764/api/configurations/fusion.spark.worker.memory
    Typically, 512m to 1g is sufficient for the spark-worker JVM process.

    The Spark worker process manages executors for multiple jobs running concurrently. For certain types of aggregation jobs you can also configure the per executor memory, but this can impact how many jobs you can run concurrently in your cluster. Unless explicitly specified using the parameter spark.executor.memory, Fusion calculates the amount of memory that can be allocated to the executor

    Aggregation Spark jobs always get half the memory of the amount assigned to the workers. This is controlled by the fusion.spark.executor.memory.fraction property, which is set to 0.5 by default.

    For example, Spark workers have 4 Gb of memory by default and the executors for aggregator Spark jobs are assigned 2 Gb for each executor.

    To let Fusion aggregation jobs use more of the memory of the workers, increase fusion.spark.executor.memory.fraction property to 1. Use this property instead of the Spark executor memory property.

    curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD -H 'Content-type:application/json' -X PUT -d '1' \
http://localhost:8764/api/configurations/fusion.spark.executor.memory.fraction

    After making these changes and restarting the workers, when we run a Fusion job, we get the following:

    Spark cores

    Cores per driver allocation

    The configuration property fusion.spark.cores.fraction lets you limit the number of cores used by the Fusion driver applications (default and scripted). For example, in the screenshot above, we see 18 total CPUs available.

    We set the cores fraction property to 0.5 via the following command:

    curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD -H 'Content-type:application/json' -X PUT -d '0.5' \
http://localhost:8764/api/configurations/fusion.spark.cores.fraction

    This cuts the number of available cores in half, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Spark cores

    Ports used by Spark in Fusion

    This table lists the default port numbers used by Spark processes in Fusion.

    Port number Process

    4040

    SparkContext web UI

    7337

    Shuffle port for Apache Spark worker

    8767

    Spark master web UI

    8770

    Spark worker web UI

    8766

    Spark master listening port

    8769

    Spark worker listening port

    8772 (spark.driver.port)

    Spark driver listening port

    8788 (spark.blockManager.port)

    Spark BlockManager port

    If a port is not available, Spark uses the next available port by adding 1 to the assigned port number. For example, if 4040 is not available, Spark uses 4041 (if available, or 4042, and so forth).

    Ensure that the ports in the above table are accessible, as well as a range of up to 16 subsequent ports. For example, open ports 8772 through 8787, and 8788 through 8804, because a single node can have more than one Spark driver and Spark BlockManager.

    The following directories and files are for Spark components and logs in Fusion.

    Spark components

    These directories and files are for Spark components:

    Path (relative to Fusion home) Notes

    bin/spark-master

    Script to manage (start, stop, status, etc.) the Spark Master service in Fusion

    bin/spark-worker

    Script to manage (start, stop, status, etc.) the Spark Worker service in Fusion

    bin/sql

    Script to manage (start, stop, status, etc.) the SQL service in Fusion

    bin/spark-shell

    Wrapper script to launch the interactive Spark shell with the Spark Master URL and shaded JAR

    apps/spark-dist

    Apache Spark distribution; contains all JAR files needed to run Spark in Fusion

    apps/spark/hadoop

    Hadoop home directory used by Spark jobs running in Fusion

    apps/spark/driver/lib

    Add custom JAR files to this directory to include in all Spark jobs

    apps/spark/lib

    JAR files used to construct the classpath for the spark-worker, spark-master, and sql services in Fusion

    var/spark-master

    Working directory for the spark-master service

    var/spark-worker

    Working directory for the spark-worker service; keep an eye on the disk usage under this directory as temporary application data for running Spark jobs is saved here

    var/spark-workDir-*

    Temporary work directories are created in when an application is running. They are removed after the driver is shut down or closed.

    var/sql

    Working directory for the SQL service

    var/api/work/spark-shaded-*.jar

    The shaded JAR built by the API service; contains all classes needed to run Fusion Spark jobs. If one of the jars in the Fusion API has changed, then a new shaded jar is created with an updated name.

    Spark logs

    These directories and files are for configuring and storing Spark logs:

    Path (relative to Fusion home) Notes

    Log configuration

    conf/spark-master-log4j2.xml

    Log configuration file for the spark-master service

    conf/spark-worker-log4j2.xml

    Log configuration file for the spark-worker service

    conf/spark-driver-log4j2.xml

    Log configuration file for the Spark Driver application launched by Fusion; this file controls the log settings for most Spark jobs run by Fusion

    conf/spark-driver-scripted-log4j.xml

    (Fusion 4.1+ only.)

    Log configuration file for custom script jobs and Parallel Bulk Loader (PBL) based jobs

    conf/spark-driver-launcher-log4j2.xml

    Log configuration file for jobs built using the Spark Job Workbench

    conf/spark-executor-log4j2.xml

    Log configuration file for Spark executors; log messages are sent to STDOUT and can be viewed from the Spark UI

    conf/sql-log4j2.xml

    Log configuration file for the Fusion SQL service

    Logs

    var/log/spark-master/*

    Logs for the spark-master service

    var/log/spark-worker/*

    Logs for the spark-worker service

    var/log/sql/*

    Logs for the sql service

    var/log/api/spark-driver-default.log

    Main log file for built-in Fusion Spark jobs

    var/log/api/spark-driver-scripted.log

    Main log file for custom script jobs

    var/log/api/spark-driver-launcher.log

    Main log file for custom jobs built using the Spark Job Workbench

    Connection configurations for an SSL-enabled Solr cluster

    You will need to set these Java system properties used by SolrJ:

    • javax.net.ssl.trustStore

    • javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword

    • javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType

    For the following Spark configuration properties:

    • spark.executor.extraJavaOptions

    • fusion.spark.driver.jvmArgs

    • spark.driver.extraJavaOptions

    > curl -H 'Content-type:application/json' -X PUT \
  -d '-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/opt/app/jobs/ssl/solrtrust.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=jks' \
  "http://localhost:8764/api/configurations/spark.executor.extraJavaOptions"

> curl -H 'Content-type:application/json' -X PUT \
  -d '-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/opt/app/jobs/ssl/solrtrust.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=jks' \
  "http://localhost:8764/api/configurations/fusion.spark.driver.jvmArgs"

> curl -H 'Content-type:application/json' -X PUT \
  -d '-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/opt/app/jobs/ssl/solrtrust.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=jks' \
  "http://localhost:8764/api/configurations/spark.driver.extraJavaOptions"