Understanding the secondary namenode UI

The secondary namenode is a checkpoint service for the namenode daemon that performs periodic merging of the edits log and the fsimage file. The secondary namenode UI can be accessed using the following URL:

http://<secondary-namenode-server>:50090/

The following screenshot shows the secondary namenode UI:

Understanding the secondary namenode UI

Just like the namenode UI, the secondary namenode UI also displays the Hadoop version. All checkpoint related information is available in this UI, which are given as follows:

  • Name Node Address: This is the RPC address of the primary namenode daemon. Secondary namenode uses this address to connect to primary ...

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