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maprcli and REST API Syntax
task
Manipulates information about the Hadoop jobs that are running on your cluster.
task killattempt
Kills the specified task attempt.

MapR 5.1 Documentation

5.1 Reference
This section provides information about development content including MapR-FS and MapReduce development topics and reference content.
- Development Guide
- Reference Guide
  - MapR Control System
  - Hadoop Commands
  - HBase Shell for MapR-DB
    You can manage MapR-DB tables using HBase shell commands and additional HBase shell commands included in the MapR distribution of Hadoop.
  - YARN commands
  - maprcli and REST API Syntax
    - Overview
      Each command reference page includes the command syntax, a table that describes the parameters, and examples of command usage.
    - acl
      Describes the acl commands used to access control lists (ACLs).
    - alarm
      Describes the alarm commands that perform functions related to system alarms.
    - audit
      Describes commands used to audit operations related to cluster management and data access.
    - blacklist
      Describes commands used to blacklist and to list blacklisted users.
    - cluster
      Manages cluster features, gateways, and cluster-wide settings.
    - config
      Manages configuration values for the MapR cluster.
    - dashboard info
      Displays a summary of information about the cluster.
    - dialhome
    - disk
      Describes command for working with disks.
    - dump
      Returns key information about volumes, containers, storage pools, and MapR cluster services for debugging and troubleshooting.
    - entity
      Manages entities (users and groups).
    - fid
      Displays information about MapR-DB or file-system components that are identified by a FID.
    - job
      Manages Hadoop jobs running on the cluster.
    - license
      Manages MapR licenses.
    - nagios generate
      Generates a Nagios Object Definition file that describes the cluster nodes and the services running on each.
    - nfsmgmt
      Refreshes NFS exports and server cache.
    - node
      Manages nodes in the cluster
    - rlimit
      Manages resource usage limits for the cluster.
    - schedule
      Manages schedules.
    - service list
      Lists all services on the specified node, the memory allocated for each service, the state of each service, and log path for each service.
    - setloglevel
      Sets log level on individual services.
    - stream
      Manages stream functionality.
    - table
      Performs functions related to MapR-DB tables.
    - task
      Manipulates information about the Hadoop jobs that are running on your cluster.
      - task failattempt
        Ends the specified task attempt as failed.
      - task killattempt
        Kills the specified task attempt.
      - task table
        Retrieves histograms and line charts for task metrics.
    - trace
      Lets you view and modify the trace buffer, and the trace levels for the system modules.
    - urls
      Displays the status page URL for the specified service.
    - virtualip
      Manages virtual IP addresses for NFS nodes.
    - volume
      Manages volumes, snapshots and mirrors.
  - Alarms Reference
  - Utilities
  - Default MapR Configurations
  - Configuration Files
  - MapR Environment
  - MapR Parameters
  - Best Practices
  - Language Support for MapR-DB Tables
  - Glossary
    This section contains defintions for commonly used terms in MapR Converged Data Platform environments.
  - Source Code for MapR Software
- Glossary
  This section contains defintions for commonly used terms in MapR Converged Data Platform environments.

task killattempt

Kills the specified task attempt.

Syntax

CLI

maprcli task killattempt
    [ -cluster cluster name ]
    -taskattemptid task attempt ID

REST

http[s]://<host>:<port>/rest/task/killattempt?[cluster=cluster_name&]taskattemptid=task_attempt_ID

Parameters

Parameter	Description
cluster	Cluster name
taskattemptid	Task attempt ID

Examples

Killing a Task Attempt

CLI

maprcli task killattempt -taskattemptid attempt_201187941846_1077_300_7707

REST

https://r1n1.sj.us:8443/rest/task/killattempt?taskattemptid=attempt_201187941846_1077_300_7707