Not sure if there's a spark native way but we've been using consul for this.
M > On Apr 26, 2015, at 5:17 AM, James King <jakwebin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the response. > > But no this does not answer the question. > > The question was: Is there a way (via some API call) to query the number and > type of daemons currently running in the Spark cluster. > > Regards > > >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 10:12 AM, ayan guha <guha.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In my limited understanding, there must be single "leader" master in the >> cluster. If there are multiple leaders, it will lead to unstable cluster as >> each masters will keep scheduling independently. You should use zookeeper >> for HA, so that standby masters can vote to find new leader if the primary >> goes down. >> >> Now, you can still have multiple masters running as leaders but conceptually >> they should be thought as different clusters. >> >> Regarding workers, they should follow their master. >> >> Not sure if this answers your question, as I am sure you have read the >> documentation thoroughly. >> >> Best >> Ayan >> >>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 6:31 PM, James King <jakwebin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> If I have 5 nodes and I wish to maintain 1 Master and 2 Workers on each >>> node, so in total I will have 5 master and 10 Workers. >>> >>> Now to maintain that setup I would like to query spark regarding the number >>> Masters and Workers that are currently available using API calls and then >>> take some appropriate action based on the information I get back, like >>> restart a dead Master or Worker. >>> >>> Is this possible? does Spark provide such API? >> >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Ayan Guha >