mesos box image

[dbsiegel]

Hi, trying to chase down an error from running exelixi framework on playa-mesos.
Wondering if hadoop is included in the packer box image for mesos (I built local box image).
Thanks!

[lingmann]

Hi Deborah,

Hadoop is not currently part of the image, but over time the plan is to add support for commonly used cluster software (like HDFS). There is a bit of a challenge here, since the current playa-mesos design is intended to be useful on a local computer which will have limited memory and cpu resources... however, I think it is doable to have the image running a single node hadoop instance configured with pseudo-distributed operation. I haven't tried the exelixi framework yet, but do you know if HDFS is a strict requirement?

Another option for you is to try out Elastic Mesos, since there is a quick start tutorial available on installing Hadoop across the test cluster. I'm also going to add HDFS support to the playa-mesos to-do list. :)

Thanks,
Jeremy

[dbsiegel]

Thanks Jeremy! Great project.
Exelixi itself doesn't require HDFS, however, running it atop mesos does. I'm under the impression that many mesos applications and frameworks use HDFS.

Interested what kinds of apps/frameworks I can currently run using playa-mesos.. Do you have some examples?
cheers,
Deborah