Because a single port could easily lead to clashes if there is another JobManager running on the same machine with the same port (e.g. due to standby JobManagers).
Cheers, Till On Sep 26, 2017 03:20, "Elias Levy" <fearsome.lucid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why a range instead of just a single port in HA mode? > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Till Rohrmann <trohrm...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> Yes, with Flip-6 it will most likely look like how Stephan described it. >> We need the explicit port in standalone mode so that TMs can connect to the >> JM. In the other deployment scenarios, the port can be randomly picked >> unless you want to specify a port range, e.g. for firewall configuration >> purposes. >> >