# Hdfs repository illegal argument exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hdfs-repository-illegal-argument-exception/126380>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** es-hadoop\
**Created:** [April 2, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hdfs-repository-illegal-argument-exception/126380 "2018-04-02T07:25:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![7518f42b92157eda0e44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/7518f42b92157eda0e44/32/29295_2.png) [@7518f42b92157eda0e44](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/7518f42b92157eda0e44)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hdfs-repository-illegal-argument-exception/126380/1 "2018-04-02T07:25:30Z")

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Good morning. I want to use hdfs-repository.

But it does not work well.

My define the configuration

"PUT \_snapshot/my\_hdfs\_repository  
{  
"type": "hdfs",  
"settings": {  
"uri": "hdfs://namenode:8020/",  
"path": "elasticsearch/respositories/my\_hdfs\_repository",  
"conf.dfs.client.read.shortcircuit": "true"  
}  
}"

Error -  
"Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.HadoopIllegalArgumentException: The short-circuit local reads feature is enabled but dfs.domain.socket.path is not set."  
This is because an error is generated.

I installed the hdfs-repository plug-in on all nodes.

and I've done all the settings on this link.([https://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.6.4/bk\_hdfs-administration/content/configuring\_short\_circuit\_local\_reads\_hdfs.html](https://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.6.4/bk_hdfs-administration/content/configuring_short_circuit_local_reads_hdfs.html))

Help me resolve this error. Please

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**Author:** ![james.baiera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/james.baiera/32/10209_2.png) [@james.baiera](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/james.baiera)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hdfs-repository-illegal-argument-exception/126380/2 "2018-04-03T20:06:08Z")

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> [@7518f42b92157eda0e44](#):
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> "conf.dfs.client.read.shortcircuit": "true"

Avoid that configuration option unless you actually need it. It is only there to demonstrate how one might configure the settings of the underlying HDFS client.

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**Author:** ![7518f42b92157eda0e44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/7518f42b92157eda0e44/32/29295_2.png) [@7518f42b92157eda0e44](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/7518f42b92157eda0e44)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hdfs-repository-illegal-argument-exception/126380/3 "2018-04-04T02:09:31Z")

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Thank you. I was using it wrong. Thanks to you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hdfs-repository-illegal-argument-exception/126380/5 "2018-05-15T06:36:28Z")

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