Create and manage app

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Available in VPC

This guide provides information about the apps available in Data Forest and explains how to create and manage them. Data Forest offers15 apps. Any app can run as a Docker container, and with Data Forest, you can build big data systems optimized for your users.

Note

For more information on the types of apps provided by Data Forest, see Data Forest prerequisites.

Create an app

To create an app, follow these steps:

  1. Create an account to own the app.
  2. In the VPC environment on the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Forest.
  3. Click Data Forest > Apps on the left.
  4. Enter details about the app you want to create on the basic settings interface.
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    Name Description
    Account name
    App type
    App name
    Runtime
    Version
    Queue
    Application Master
    vCPU
    Application Master
    Memory
    Component
  5. When settings are completed, click [Next].
  6. On the user settings interface, enter the parameter values for the app you want to create.
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    Name Description
    Parameters
    Import
    Initialize
  7. When settings are completed, click [Next].
  8. After finalizing the confirmation, click [Create].
      • For all apps, the application is submitted to YARN immediately upon creation request, and it takes about 1 to 2 minutes to complete the app creation.
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Note

Runtime: The duration from when the app starts running until it terminates.
By default, the app is created with a runtime of 604,800 seconds (7 days), after which it is automatically terminated (killed).

View app details

To view app details:

  1. In the VPC environment on the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Forest.
  2. Click Data Forest > Apps on the left. You can view a list of the different apps that the user has run.
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    Item Description
    App name
    Account
    Status
    Start Time
    End Time
    Elapsed Time
  3. Click the df-app_openat the end of the app list to view the app's details.
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    Item Description
    App type
    Status
    App name
    Lifetime
    Version
    Queue name
    Application ID
    Account
    User settings
Note
  • Even if the Status in the app list is Running, the app might not be finished running. To ensure that all the containers that make up your app are up and running, you must ensure that the Status in the app details is Stable.
  • The Status in the app list refers to the status of the YARN Application, and the Status in the app details refers to the status of the YARN Service.

App management

Shut down the Application Manager node

If the app is having an issue or is not working properly, restart Application Manager (AM) ([Kill AM]). You can determine the status from the newly started AM and get the app back to normal.

  1. In the VPC environment on the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Forest.
  2. Click Data Forest > Apps on the left.
  3. Select your account and choose an app.
  4. Click the [Kill AM] to view the app details.

Adjust the number of containers

You can adjust the number of containers by component.

To change the number of containers in a component, follow these steps:

  1. In the VPC environment on the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Forest.
  2. Click Data Forest > Apps on the left.
  3. Select your account, select the apps you want to adjust the number of containers, and click the [Flex].
  4. When the popup window appears, edit the number of containers and click the [Edit].
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Caution

Changing the number of containers may result in data loss, so take appropriate measures, such as backups, and only edit the number of containers if necessary.

Start an app

To restart an app that you've ended, follow these steps:

  1. In the VPC environment on the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Forest.
  2. Click Data Forest > Apps on the left.
  3. Select your account, choose the app you want to start from the list of apps, and click the [Start].

End the app

To close the app, follow these steps:

  1. In the VPC environment on the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Forest.
  2. Click Data Forest > Apps on the left.
  3. Select your account, select the app you want to close from the list of apps, and click the [Close].

Delete an app

To delete an app, follow these steps:

  1. In the VPC environment on the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Forest.
  2. Click Data Forest > Apps on the left.
  3. Select the account and ensure the app you want to delete is closed in the app list.
    • Before you delete an app, you must quit the app.
  4. Select the app you want to delete and click [Delete].