Configuration Files for Jobs and Applications

In the event that you need to override the MapReduce default configuration, note that the location of the MapReduce configuration file differs based on the MapReduce version:

MapReduce Version Configuration File Locations
MapReduce v1
  • /opt/mapr/hadoop/hadoop-0.20.2/conf/mapred-site.xml
MapReduce v2
  • /opt/mapr/hadoop/hadoop-2.x.x/etc/hadoop/mapred-site.xml
  • /opt/mapr/hadoop/hadoop-2.x.x/etc/hadoop/yarn-site.xml

In the event that you need to override the default configuration for applications, the yarn-site.xml is in the following directory: /opt/mapr/hadoop/hadoop-2.x.x/etc/hadoop