There was a known issue in Cloudera Manager up until 5.14.4 and 5.15.1 that can cause the necessary container executor configuration files to not be deployed on new or recommissioned NodeManager hosts. The fix for this is noted at https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/release-notes/topics/cm_rn_fixed_issues.html#OPSAPS-24398 A better workaround than changing ownership (which is a red herring because of missing symlinks causing the executor binary to look at the wrong path) is to simply add a YARN Gateway role to all NodeManager hosts and perform a 'Deploy Client Configuration' under YARN. Upgrading to 5.15.1 or higher when it comes out should help resolve this issue. ... View more