Livy 0.5.0 - 2104 (EEP 6.3.4) Release Notes

The notes below relate specifically to the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric Distribution for Apache Hadoop. You can find additional information on the Livy release notes page or Livy homepage.

These release notes contain only HPE-specific information and are not necessarily cumulative in nature. For information about how to use the release notes, see Ecosystem Component Release Notes.

Version 0.5.0
Release Date April 2021
MapR Version Interoperability See EEP Components and OS Support
Source on GitHub https://github.com/mapr/livy/tree/0.5.0-mapr-2009
GitHub Release Tag 0.5.0-mapr-2104
Package Names

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New in This Release

  • Backported fix for LIVY-547: [LIVY-547][SERVER] Livy kills session after livy.server.session.timeout even if the session is active.

Fixes

This HPE release includes the following fixes on the base release:

GitHub Commit Number Date (YYYY-MM-DD) HPE Fix Number and Description
a68df98 2021-03-24 MLIVY-85 Backport [LIVY-547][SERVER] Livy kills session after livy.server.session.timeout even if the session is active

Known Issues and Limitations

  • MAPR-28087: Livy cannot use the Hive Interpreter. Workaround: Use the cluster mode. Set livy.spark.deployMode=cluster in the ${LIVY_CONF}/livy.conf file. This issue is caused by Spark 11851 - Unable to start Spark thrift server against secured hive metastore (GSS initiate failed).
  • LIVY-42: Livy UI is not accessible on Kerberos.