[HBase-dev] [jira] Created: (HBASE-2546) Specify default filesystem in both the new and old way (needed if we are to run on 0.20 and 0.21 hadoop)

Specify default filesystem in both the new and old way (needed if we are to run on 0.20 and 0.21 hadoop)
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Key: HBASE-2546
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-2546
Project: Hadoop HBase
Issue Type: Bug
Components: master
Reporter: stack
Assignee: stack
Fix For: 0.21.0


I couldn't start a distributed cluster because master wanted to keep using the local filesystem. Setting default filesystem using both old and new way seems the way to go:
{code}
Index: core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
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--- core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java (revision 944113)
+++ core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java (working copy)
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@
// default localfs. Presumption is that rootdir is fully-qualified before
// we get to here with appropriate fs scheme.
this.rootdir = FSUtils.getRootDir(this.conf);
+ // Cover both bases, the old way of setting default fs and the new.
+ // We're supposed to run on 0.20 and 0.21 anyways.
+ this.conf.set("fs.default.name", this.rootdir.toString());
this.conf.set("fs.defaultFS", this.rootdir.toString());
this.fs = FileSystem.get(this.conf);
checkRootDir(this.rootdir, this.conf, this.fs);
{code}