When using the kudu command line tool, it can be difficult to remember the precise list
of Kudu master RPC addresses needed to communicate with a cluster, especially when managing
multiple clusters. As an alternative, you can use the command line tool to identify clusters by
name.
Create a new directory to store the Kudu configuration file.
Export the path to this newly created directory in the KUDU_CONFIG
environment variable.
Create a file called kudurc in the new directory.
Populate kudurc as follows, substituting your own cluster names and RPC
addresses:
When using the kudu command line tool, replace the list of Kudu master RPC
addresses with the cluster name, prepended with the character @. For
example: