Environmental Variables for the Installer Container

This section describes environmental variables that you can modify to customize the sample-run script for the Installer container.

About mapr-docker-installer.sh

mapr-docker-installer.sh is the sample-run script for the Installer container. The script contains the docker run command that runs the container and environmental variables that can be passed into the container at run time. Modifying the variables is optional; the script can run without any changes to the environmental variables.

The following environmental variables can be changed in mapr-docker-installer.sh:

Environmental Variables in mapr-docker-installer.sh

Key Variable Description
MAPR_CONTAINER_USER <user-name>

The user that the user application inside the Docker container will run as. This configuration is functionally equivalent to the Docker native -u or --user. Do not use Docker -u or --user, as the container needs to start as the root user to bring up FUSE before switching to the MAPR_CONTAINER_USER.

The user specified here is the user that all storage operations on the cluster will be performed as. Therefore, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends not using root or mapr.

This user also owns the /opt/mapr directory tree.
MAPR_CONTAINER_UID <uid> The UID that the application inside the Docker container will run as. This is a companion to the MAPR_CONTAINER_USER option. If a UID is not provided, the default is UID 1000. Providing a UID is strongly recommended.
MAPR_CONTAINER_GROUP <group-name> The group that the application inside the Docker container will run as. This is a companion to the MAPR_CONTAINER_USER option. If a group name is not provided, the default is users. Providing a group name is strongly recommended.
MAPR_CONTAINER_GID <gid> The GID that the application inside the Docker container will run as. This is a companion to the MAPR_CONTAINER_USER option. If a GID is not provided, the default is GID 1000. Providing a GID is strongly recommended.
MAPR_PKG_URL <mapr-pkg-url> The URL of the repository that hosts the packages (typically https://package.ezmeral.hpe.com/). If you change MAPR_PKG_URL, use the full URL to your repository (for example, <hostname>/releases).
MAPR_CONTAINER_PASSWORD <mapr-password> The password for the mapr user. This password must be set if the container will remaining running. The password defaults to mapr.
MAPR_STANZA_FILE <stanza-file> The path to a Installer Stanza file that needs to be mounted from the host. You must specify this field if you issue the Stanza install command as an argument to the script. For example: 
mapr-docker-installer.sh install -nv
MAPR_MEMORY <mapr-memory> Specify the maximum amount of memory (in kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes) that Docker allows the container to access. For example:
  • 2g
  • 4096m
  • 0
Accepting the default (0), means there is no restriction on memory, and the container can use as much memory as the platform makes available.
MAPR_TZ <time-zone> The time zone inside the container. For a list of time-zone settings, see this website. The default is UTC.