Steve Loughran created HADOOP-13005: ---------------------------------------
Summary: if local hostname doesn't resolve, HttpServer2 fails with a kerberos exception Key: HADOOP-13005 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-13005 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: Bug Components: net Affects Versions: 2.7.2 Environment: a VM whose hostname was no longer in /etc/hosts Reporter: Steve Loughran Priority: Minor When a service (NN, DN) is started and the local hostname isn't in /etc/hosts, things will, obviously, fail. However, the failure is reported as a wrapped Kerberos Exception, rather than going via the NetUtils.wrapException handling code {{java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not resolve Kerberos principal name: java.net.UnknownHostException: xubunty: xubunty: unknown error}} The text is a dangerous distraction from the real cause. Especially as it appears even on systems which aren't running kerberos. A fail-fast check could go into the http server startup process ahead of the security setup; NetUtils could add special reporting of the unknown-local-host problem -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)