Configuring tablet servers

To see all available configuration options for the kudu-tserver executable, run it with the --help option:

kudu-tserver --help
Table 1. Supported configuration flags for Kudu tablet servers
Flag Valid options Default Description

--fs_data_dirs

string

List of directories where the Tablet Server will place its data blocks.

--fs_wal_dir

string

The directory where the Tablet Server will place its write-ahead logs.

--log_dir

string

/tmp

The directory to store Tablet Server log files

--tserver_master_addrs

string

127.0.0.1:7051

Comma separated addresses of the masters that the tablet server should connect to. The masters do not read this flag.

--block_cache_capacity_mb

integer

512

Maximum amount of memory allocated to the Kudu Tablet Server’s block cache.

--memory_limit_hard_bytes

integer

4294967296

Maximum amount of memory a Tablet Server can consume before it starts rejecting all incoming writes.

For the complete list of flags for tablet servers, see the Kudu Tablet Server Configuration Reference.