https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Is-there-a-way-to-create-Dynamic-Topologies-in-Apache-Storm/m-p/145112#M48423 <P>Can we create dynamic topologies in Storm so that new bolts can be provisioned while topology is running on cluster.</P> Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:57:07 GMT kadian_puneet 2016-12-09T12:57:07Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Is-there-a-way-to-create-Dynamic-Topologies-in-Apache-Storm/m-p/145112#M48423 <P>Can we create dynamic topologies in Storm so that new bolts can be provisioned while topology is running on cluster.</P> Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:57:07 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Is-there-a-way-to-create-Dynamic-Topologies-in-Apache-Storm/m-p/145112#M48423 kadian_puneet 2016-12-09T12:57:07Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Is-there-a-way-to-create-Dynamic-Topologies-in-Apache-Storm/m-p/145113#M48424 <P>As <A href="http://storm.apache.org/releases/1.0.2/Running-topologies-on-a-production-cluster.html" target="_blank">http://storm.apache.org/releases/1.0.2/Running-topologies-on-a-production-cluster.html</A> calls out, "To update a running topology, the only option currently is to kill the current topology and resubmit a new one", but that does not mean that you cannot build some level of sophistication in your bolts that are dynamic. Usually this would mean build some level of configuration-driven behavior. That said, you cannot change the topology definition once it has been submitted. Happy Storming!!</P> Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:34:25 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Is-there-a-way-to-create-Dynamic-Topologies-in-Apache-Storm/m-p/145113#M48424 LesterMartin 2016-12-10T01:34:25Z