What Can I Do If the Message "Password cannot be null if SASL is enabled" Is Displayed?

Question

ExternalShuffle is enabled for the application that runs Spark. Task loss occurs in the application because the message "java.lang.NullPointerException: Password cannot be null if SASL is enabled" is displayed. The following shows some key logs:

Answer

The cause is that NodeManager restarts. When ExternalShuffle is used, Spark uses NodeManager to transmit shuffle data. Therefore, the memory of NodeManager may be seriously insufficient.

In the FusionInsight of the current version, the default memory of NodeManager is only 1 GB. When the data volume of Spark tasks is large (greater than 1 TB), the memory is severely insufficient and the message response is slow. As a result, the FusionInsight health check determines that the NodeManager process exits and forcibly restarts the NodeManager, causing the preceding problem.

Solution

Adjust the memory of the NodeManager. If the data volume is large (greater than 1 TB), the memory of NodeManager must be greater than 4 GB.