apache/hadoop · error · IOException

Error generating shuffle secret key

Error message

Error generating shuffle secret key

What it means

Error "Error generating shuffle secret key" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobSubmitter.java:183

      conf.set(MRJobConfig.MAPREDUCE_JOB_DIR, submitJobDir.toString());
      LOG.debug("Configuring job " + jobId + " with " + submitJobDir 
          + " as the submit dir");
      // get delegation token for the dir
      TokenCache.obtainTokensForNamenodes(job.getCredentials(),
          new Path[] { submitJobDir }, conf);
      
      populateTokenCache(conf, job.getCredentials());

      // generate a secret to authenticate shuffle transfers
      if (TokenCache.getShuffleSecretKey(job.getCredentials()) == null) {
        KeyGenerator keyGen;
        try {
          keyGen = KeyGenerator.getInstance(SHUFFLE_KEYGEN_ALGORITHM);
          int shuffleKeyLength =
              conf.getInt(MRJobConfig.SHUFFLE_KEY_LENGTH, MRJobConfig.DEFAULT_SHUFFLE_KEY_LENGTH);
          keyGen.init(shuffleKeyLength);
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
          throw new IOException("Error generating shuffle secret key", e);
        }
        SecretKey shuffleKey = keyGen.generateKey();
        TokenCache.setShuffleSecretKey(shuffleKey.getEncoded(),
            job.getCredentials());
      }
      if (CryptoUtils.isEncryptedSpillEnabled(conf)) {
        conf.setInt(MRJobConfig.MR_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS, 1);
        LOG.warn("Max job attempts set to 1 since encrypted intermediate" +
                "data spill is enabled");
      }

      copyAndConfigureFiles(job, submitJobDir);

      Path submitJobFile = JobSubmissionFiles.getJobConfPath(submitJobDir);
      
      // Create the splits for the job
      LOG.debug("Creating splits at " + jtFs.makeQualified(submitJobDir));
      int maps = writeSplits(job, submitJobDir);

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Solutions

1. Check that the JVM has a working secure random provider and sufficient entropy; retry job submission after resolving the crypto error.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/JobSubmitter.java:183 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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