apache/hadoop · error · IllegalArgumentException

Invalid JMX query: "{}" against NameNode URI: {}

Error message

Invalid JMX query: "{}" against NameNode URI: {}

What it means

Error "Invalid JMX query: "{}" against NameNode URI: {}" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-dynamometer/hadoop-dynamometer-infra/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/dynamometer/DynoInfraUtils.java:548

  /**
   * Fetch a value from the launched NameNode's JMX.
   *
   * @param nameNodeProperties The set of properties containing information
   *                           about the NameNode.
   * @param jmxBeanQuery The JMX bean query to execute; should return a
   *                     JMX property matching {@code jmxProperty}.
   * @param property The name of the JMX property whose value should be polled.
   * @return The value associated with the property.
   */
  static String fetchNameNodeJMXValue(Properties nameNodeProperties,
      String jmxBeanQuery, String property) throws IOException {
    URI nnWebUri = getNameNodeWebUri(nameNodeProperties);
    URL queryURL;
    try {
      queryURL = new URL(nnWebUri.getScheme(), nnWebUri.getHost(),
          nnWebUri.getPort(), "/jmx?qry=" + jmxBeanQuery);
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid JMX query: \"" + jmxBeanQuery
          + "\" against " + "NameNode URI: " + nnWebUri);
    }
    HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) queryURL.openConnection();
    if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
      throw new IOException(
          "Unable to retrieve JMX: " + conn.getResponseMessage());
    }
    InputStream in = conn.getInputStream();
    JsonFactory fac = new JsonFactory();
    JsonParser parser = fac.createParser(in);
    if (parser.nextToken() != JsonToken.START_OBJECT
        || parser.nextToken() != JsonToken.FIELD_NAME
        || !parser.getCurrentName().equals("beans")
        || parser.nextToken() != JsonToken.START_ARRAY
        || parser.nextToken() != JsonToken.START_OBJECT) {
      throw new IOException(
          "Unexpected format of JMX JSON response for: " + jmxBeanQuery);
    }

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Solutions

1. Fix the JMX query string so it is a valid query against the NameNode JMX endpoint (check bean name and attribute).

When it happens

Trigger: A JMX query issued against the NameNode is syntactically invalid or targets an unsupported operation, so the HttpURLConnection to the /jmx endpoint cannot be opened correctly.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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