Steve Loughran created HADOOP-13005:
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             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



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