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Demo: Running Spark Application on minikube

This demo shows how to deploy a Spark application to Kubernetes (using minikube).

Before you begin

It is assumed that you have finished the following:

Start Cluster

Unless already started, start minikube.

minikube start

Build Spark Application Image

Important

Make sure you've got a Spark image available in minikube's Docker registry (as described in Demo: spark-shell on minikube).

Point the shell to minikube's Docker daemon and make sure there is the Spark image (that your Spark application project uses).

eval $(minikube -p minikube docker-env)

List the Spark image.

docker images spark
REPOSITORY   TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED       SIZE
spark        v3.2.1    b3412e410d67   2 hours ago   524MB

Use this image in the Dockerfile of your Spark application:

FROM spark:v3.2.1

Build and push the Docker image of your Spark application project to minikube's Docker repository.

Important

The following command assumes that you use Spark on Kubernetes Demos project.

sbt clean \
    'set Docker/dockerRepository in `meetup-spark-app` := None' \
    meetup-spark-app/docker:publishLocal

List the images and make sure that the image of your Spark application project is available.

docker images 'meetup*'
REPOSITORY         TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED          SIZE
meetup-spark-app   0.1.0     3a867debc6c0   11 seconds ago   524MB

docker image inspect

Use docker image inspect command to display detailed information on the Spark application image.

docker image inspect meetup-spark-app:0.1.0

docker image history

Use docker image history command to show the history of the Spark application image.

docker image history meetup-spark-app:0.1.0

Create Kubernetes Resources

Create required Kubernetes resources to run a Spark application.

Spark official documentation

Learn more from the Spark official documentation.

Make sure to create the required Kubernetes resources (a service account and a cluster role binding) as without them you surely run into the following exception message:

Forbidden!Configured service account doesn't have access. Service account may have been revoked.

Declaratively

Use the following k8s/rbac.yml file (from the Spark on Kubernetes Demos project).

apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: spark-demo
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: spark
  namespace: spark-demo
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: spark-role
  namespace: spark-demo
subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: spark
    namespace: spark-demo
roleRef:
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: edit
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---

Create the resources in the Kubernetes cluster.

k create -f k8s/rbac.yml

Tip

With declarative approach (using rbac.yml) cleaning up becomes as simple as k delete -f rbac.yml.

Imperatively

k create ns spark-demo
k create serviceaccount spark -n spark-demo
k create clusterrolebinding spark-role \
  --clusterrole edit \
  --serviceaccount spark-demo:spark \
  -n spark-demo

Submit Spark Application to minikube

cd $SPARK_HOME
K8S_SERVER=$(k config view --output=jsonpath='{.clusters[].cluster.server}')

export POD_NAME=meetup-spark-app
export IMAGE_NAME=$POD_NAME:0.1.0

Please note the configuration properties (some not really necessary but make the demo easier to guide you through, e.g. spark.kubernetes.driver.pod.name).

./bin/spark-submit \
  --master k8s://$K8S_SERVER \
  --deploy-mode cluster \
  --name $POD_NAME \
  --class meetup.SparkApp \
  --conf spark.kubernetes.container.image=$IMAGE_NAME \
  --conf spark.kubernetes.driver.pod.name=$POD_NAME \
  --conf spark.kubernetes.context=minikube \
  --conf spark.kubernetes.namespace=spark-demo \
  --conf spark.kubernetes.authenticate.driver.serviceAccountName=spark \
  --verbose \
  local:///opt/spark/jars/meetup.meetup-spark-app-0.1.0.jar STOP_THE_SPARKCONTEXT

Important

STOP_THE_SPARKCONTEXT application argument is to stop the SparkContext and the driver. The following commands may not work if executed with the argument since the Spark application is stopped.

Leave it out if you want to play with the commands that follow.

If all goes fine you should soon see termination reason: Completed message.

21/03/08 14:35:35 INFO LoggingPodStatusWatcherImpl: State changed, new state:
     pod name: meetup-spark-app
     namespace: spark-demo
     labels: spark-app-selector -> spark-5eba470d52c64518a555951d011ca785, spark-role -> driver
     pod uid: d61085f6-5764-4320-b77e-02dcd8334382
     creation time: 2021-03-08T13:35:25Z
     service account name: spark
     volumes: spark-local-dir-1, spark-conf-volume-driver, spark-token-kzmdd
     node name: minikube
     start time: 2021-03-08T13:35:25Z
     phase: Succeeded
     container status:
         container name: spark-kubernetes-driver
         container image: meetup-spark-app:0.1.0
         container state: terminated
         container started at: 2021-03-08T13:35:27Z
         container finished at: 2021-03-08T13:35:35Z
         exit code: 0
         termination reason: Completed
21/03/08 14:35:35 INFO LoggingPodStatusWatcherImpl: Application status for spark-5eba470d52c64518a555951d011ca785 (phase: Succeeded)
21/03/08 14:35:35 INFO LoggingPodStatusWatcherImpl: Container final statuses:


     container name: spark-kubernetes-driver
     container image: meetup-spark-app:0.1.0
     container state: terminated
     container started at: 2021-03-08T13:35:27Z
     container finished at: 2021-03-08T13:35:35Z
     exit code: 0
     termination reason: Completed
21/03/08 14:35:35 INFO LoggingPodStatusWatcherImpl: Application meetup-spark-app with submission ID spark-demo:meetup-spark-app finished
21/03/08 14:35:35 DEBUG LoggingPodStatusWatcherImpl: Stopping watching application spark-5eba470d52c64518a555951d011ca785 with last-observed phase Succeeded

Accessing web UI

k port-forward $POD_NAME 4040:4040

Open http://localhost:4040.

Accessing Logs

Access the logs of the driver.

k logs -f $POD_NAME

Reviewing Spark Application Configuration

ConfigMap

CONFIG_MAP=$(k get cm -o name | grep spark-drv)

k describe $CONFIG_MAP

Volumes

Describe the driver pod and review volumes (.spec.volumes) and volume mounts (.spec.containers[].volumeMounts).

k describe po $POD_NAME
k get po $POD_NAME -o=jsonpath='{.spec.volumes}' | jq
[
  {
    "emptyDir": {},
    "name": "spark-local-dir-1"
  },
  {
    "configMap": {
      "defaultMode": 420,
      "items": [
        {
          "key": "log4j.properties",
          "mode": 420,
          "path": "log4j.properties"
        },
        {
          "key": "spark.properties",
          "mode": 420,
          "path": "spark.properties"
        }
      ],
      "name": "spark-drv-b5cf5b7834f5a32d-conf-map"
    },
    "name": "spark-conf-volume-driver"
  },
  {
    "name": "spark-token-sfqc9",
    "secret": {
      "defaultMode": 420,
      "secretName": "spark-token-sfqc9"
    }
  }
]

Volume Mounts

k get po $POD_NAME -o=jsonpath='{.spec.containers[].volumeMounts}' | jq
[
  {
    "mountPath": "/var/data/spark-e32e4d73-af0e-43ce-8ffa-f4b64c642b86",
    "name": "spark-local-dir-1"
  },
  {
    "mountPath": "/opt/spark/conf",
    "name": "spark-conf-volume-driver"
  },
  {
    "mountPath": "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount",
    "name": "spark-token-sfqc9",
    "readOnly": true
  }
]

Services

k get services
NAME                                           TYPE        CLUSTER-IP   EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                      AGE
meetup-spark-app-ab8a3a7834f5a022-driver-svc   ClusterIP   None         <none>        7078/TCP,7079/TCP,4040/TCP   31m

Spark Application Management

K8S_SERVER=$(kubectl config view --output=jsonpath='{.clusters[].cluster.server}')

Application Status

./bin/spark-submit \
  --master k8s://$K8S_SERVER \
  --status "spark-demo:$POD_NAME"
Application status (driver):
     pod name: meetup-spark-app
     namespace: spark-demo
     labels: spark-app-selector -> spark-0df2be7b2d8d40299e7a406564c9833c, spark-role -> driver
     pod uid: 30a749a3-1060-49a7-b502-4a054ea33d30
     creation time: 2021-02-09T13:18:14Z
     service account name: spark
     volumes: spark-local-dir-1, spark-conf-volume-driver, spark-token-hqc6k
     node name: minikube
     start time: 2021-02-09T13:18:14Z
     phase: Running
     container status:
         container name: spark-kubernetes-driver
         container image: meetup-spark-app:0.1.0
         container state: running
         container started at: 2021-02-09T13:18:15Z

Stop Spark Application

./bin/spark-submit \
  --master k8s://$K8S_SERVER \
  --kill "spark-demo:$POD_NAME"

Clean Up

Clean up the cluster as described in Demo: spark-shell on minikube.

That's it. Congratulations!

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