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Can oozie email actions include log files or standard output of other oozie actions?

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I have an oozie java action that logs some basic information to standard out. The next oozie action is an email to me indicating success or failure. I would really like to include the prior action's standard out in that email. Is there a straight forward way to do that?

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Rising Star

Oozie Email Action supports attachments of HDFS files. Because standard output files are written as local files, you need to copy them to HDFS first, then specify the path in the <attachment> tag of the email action.

<workflow-app name="[WF-DEF-NAME]" xmlns="uri:oozie:workflow:0.1">
    ...
    <action name="[NODE-NAME]">
        <email xmlns="uri:oozie:email-action:0.2">
            <to>[COMMA-SEPARATED-TO-ADDRESSES]</to>
            <cc>[COMMA-SEPARATED-CC-ADDRESSES]</cc> <!-- cc is optional -->
            <subject>[SUBJECT]</subject>
            <body>[BODY]</body>
            <content_type>[CONTENT-TYPE]</content_type> <!-- content_type is optional -->
            <attachment>[COMMA-SEPARATED-HDFS-FILE-PATHS]</attachment> <!-- attachment is optional -->
        </email>
        <ok to="[NODE-NAME]"/>
        <error to="[NODE-NAME]"/>
    </action>
    ...
</workflow-app>

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Rising Star

Oozie Email Action supports attachments of HDFS files. Because standard output files are written as local files, you need to copy them to HDFS first, then specify the path in the <attachment> tag of the email action.

<workflow-app name="[WF-DEF-NAME]" xmlns="uri:oozie:workflow:0.1">
    ...
    <action name="[NODE-NAME]">
        <email xmlns="uri:oozie:email-action:0.2">
            <to>[COMMA-SEPARATED-TO-ADDRESSES]</to>
            <cc>[COMMA-SEPARATED-CC-ADDRESSES]</cc> <!-- cc is optional -->
            <subject>[SUBJECT]</subject>
            <body>[BODY]</body>
            <content_type>[CONTENT-TYPE]</content_type> <!-- content_type is optional -->
            <attachment>[COMMA-SEPARATED-HDFS-FILE-PATHS]</attachment> <!-- attachment is optional -->
        </email>
        <ok to="[NODE-NAME]"/>
        <error to="[NODE-NAME]"/>
    </action>
    ...
</workflow-app>

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New Contributor

hi! how do I know where the log / standard output / error is stored? you mention that it is stored locally. but where is that exactly? do you have an example? and how do you copy that into HDFS?

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Rising Star

Can I do the same thing from HUE Oozie GUI ? If yes then from which version attachment is supported.

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Master Mentor

@Vikas Gadade you will need to refer to the hue release notes for that.

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Community Manager

@mattarellano, as this is an older post, you would have a better chance of receiving a resolution by starting a new thread. This will also be an opportunity to provide details specific to your environment that could aid others in assisting you with a more accurate answer to your question. You can link this thread as a reference in your new post.



Regards,

Vidya Sargur,
Community Manager


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