apache/hadoop · error · IOException

Cannot find password option {key}

Error message

Cannot find password option {key}

What it means

Error "Cannot find password option {key}" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/AliyunOSSUtils.java:78

  /**
   * Used to get password from configuration.
   *
   * @param conf configuration that contains password information
   * @param key the key of the password
   * @return the value for the key
   * @throws IOException if failed to get password from configuration
   */
  public static String getValueWithKey(Configuration conf, String key)
      throws IOException {
    try {
      final char[] pass = conf.getPassword(key);
      if (pass != null) {
        return (new String(pass)).trim();
      } else {
        return "";
      }
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
      throw new IOException("Cannot find password option " + key, ioe);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Calculate a proper size of multipart piece. If <code>minPartSize</code>
   * is too small, the number of multipart pieces may exceed the limit of
   * {@link Constants#MULTIPART_UPLOAD_PART_NUM_LIMIT}.
   *
   * @param contentLength the size of file.
   * @param minPartSize the minimum size of multipart piece.
   * @return a revisional size of multipart piece.
   */
  public static long calculatePartSize(long contentLength, long minPartSize) {
    long tmpPartSize = contentLength / MULTIPART_UPLOAD_PART_NUM_LIMIT + 1;
    return Math.max(minPartSize, tmpPartSize);
  }

  /**

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Solutions

1. Define the password/credential for the named key via a Hadoop credential provider (hadoop credential create) or set it directly in the configuration.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/AliyunOSSUtils.java:78 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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