ApacheCon NA 2015

The YARN framework is getting more popular as foundation for managing cluster resources.
However, developing / deploying / managing distributed applications on YARN cluster requires expertise.

Apache Slider is a YARN application to deploy existing distributed applications on YARN, monitor them and make them larger or smaller as desired -even while the application is running.
Slider allows users to create on-demand applications in a YARN cluster. It allow users to configure different application instances differently. Application instances can be stopped / suspended / resumed as needed. Docker based app packaging is also supported.

In this presentation, we will review what applications need when deployed on YARN, discuss how Slider makes application deployment and management easier, the challenges Slider faces and showcase applications that are ready to be deployed through Slider.