linkedin / linkedin/dr-elephant

dr-elephant crashes on startup

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Description

Hi,
When I start dr-elephant it crashes with no exception in the logs.
Sometimes the last entry of the /logs/elephant/dr_elephant.log file is

` INFO [Thread-10] com.linkedin.drelephant.analysis.HDFSContext : HDFS BLock size: 268435456`

and sometimes it is

` INFO [Thread-10] com.linkedin.drelephant.ElephantRunner : Backfill is not enabled`

Please advise how to address this issue.
Thanks.

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Start by reproducing startup while watching /logs/elephant/dr_elephant.log, focusing on the HDFSContext and ElephantRunner entries named in the report. Trace the startup path around those entries to determine why the process exits without an exception; done means the crash is reproducible, its cause is surfaced, and startup completes reliably.

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Tech stack
hadoop, java
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observability
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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