Time for action – browsing default properties

Fortunately, the XML documents are not the only way of looking at the default values; there are also more readable HTML versions, which we'll now take a quick look at.

These files are not included in the Hadoop binary-only distribution; if you are using that, you can also find these files on the Hadoop website.

  1. Point your browser at the docs/core-default.html file within your Hadoop distribution directory and browse its contents. It should look like the next screenshot:
    Time for action – browsing default properties
  2. Now, similarly, browse these other files:
    • Hadoop/docs/hdfs-default.html
    • Hadoop/docs/mapred-default.html

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