1. Launch Aspire (if it's not already running).
2. Go to Launch Control.
3. Browse to: http://localhost:50505
4. Select "Services" from the drop down on the right to display the "Service Management" page

For details on using the Aspire Service Management page, see Admin UI.

1. From Service Management, click Add Service to add a new service.
   1. Or add a custom one with the group id "com.accenture.aspire" and artifact id of "app-hdfs-binary-compactor"

In the "Service" tab, configure the parameters:

• HDFS Base
  • The base directory on the hdfs file system under which all content will be written
  • Form
    • hdfs://<server>:<port>/<path>
  • Example
    • hdfs://localhost:9000/myBase
• Content source directory
• Add one or more content source directories that will be scanned for compaction. These directories will be located below the base given above
• Form
  • <directory name>
• Example
  • aspire_filesystem_source
• Period
  • The period between scans of each content source directory
  • Form
    • <number> <unit>
  • Example
    • 12h
• Threshold
  • The number of files that must exist in the directory before compaction takes place
• Suppress deletes
• Checking this box will prevent binary files that are in an existing HAR file from being deleted when a delete action is encountered.
• HDFS Options
  • Security
    • Choose the type of security to use to access the HDFS file system- Kerberos or none
  • User principle
    • The principal user for Kerberos
  • Key tab file
    • The user's key tab file
    • Form
      • File path
    • Example
      • config/myUser.keytab
  • Add resources
    • Check this box if you need to add Hadoop resources to the configuration (such as site-core.xml)
    • Resource file
      • The path to a resource file to add to the configuration
      • Form
        • /path/to/file
      • Example
        • config/core-site.xml
  • Block size
    • The size of block to be used when accessing the HDFS file system
    • Form
      • <number> <unit>
    • Example
      • 32mb
  • Buffer size
    • The size of buffer to be used when accessing the HDFS file system
    • Form
      • <number> <unit>
    • Example
      • 32kb
  • Replication
    • The HDFS replication factor
    • Form
      • <number>
    • Example
      • 3
• Configure lock
  • Check this box if you want to configure the lock files
  • Tries
    • The number of attempts to get a lock file before moving on
    • Form
      • Number
    • Example
      • 3
  • Retry sleep
    • The period to wait before attempting to get the lock when a previous attempt has failed
    • Form
      • <number> <unit>
    • Example
      • 15s
  • Expiry
  • The period after which a lock is deemed to have expired and will be released when another process attempts to get it.
  • Form
    • <number> <unit>
  • Example
    • 12h
• Debug
  • Check this box to enable debug messages

Save the service and it will start automatically