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spark.sparkContext.setCheckpointDir - External Azure Storage

sintsan
New Contributor II

Is it possible to direct spark.sparkContext.setCheckpointDir to an external Azure Storage Container location (instead of DBFS) & if so how, there's very little documentation on that.

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-werners-
Esteemed Contributor III

yes,

the directory must be an HDFS path if running on a cluster.

All you need to do is provide the correct path.

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-werners-
Esteemed Contributor III

yes,

the directory must be an HDFS path if running on a cluster.

All you need to do is provide the correct path.

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