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E-MapReduce:HDFS service logs

Last Updated:Mar 26, 2026

Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) service logs are stored in /mnt/disk1/log/hadoop-hdfs. Use this reference to identify which log file to check when troubleshooting a specific HDFS component.

Each HDFS component produces up to four types of logs:

  • Process startup logs (.out): capture startup exceptions for the component process.

  • Process run logs (.log): record internal runtime activity for the component process.

  • Audit logs: record file system access operations. Available on NameNode only.

  • JVM-GC logs (*-gc.log.0.current): record Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Garbage Collection (GC) events. Available in EMR V3.43.0, EMR V5.8.0, and any minor version later than those releases.

ComponentLog fileType
ZKFailoverController (ZKFC)hadoop-hdfs-zkfc-*.outProcess startup logs
ZKFailoverController (ZKFC)hadoop-hdfs-zkfc-*.logProcess run logs
ZKFailoverController (ZKFC)zkfc-gc.log.0.currentJVM-GC logs
NameNodehadoop-hdfs-namenode-*.outProcess startup logs
NameNodehadoop-hdfs-namenode-*.logProcess run logs
NameNodehdfs-audit.logAudit logs
NameNodenamenode-gc.log.0.currentJVM-GC logs
JournalNodehadoop-hdfs-journalnode-*.outProcess startup logs
JournalNodehadoop-hdfs-journalnode-*.logProcess run logs
JournalNodejournalnode-gc.log.0.currentJVM-GC logs
DataNodehadoop-hdfs-datanode-*.outProcess startup logs
DataNodehadoop-hdfs-datanode-*.logProcess run logs
DataNodedatanode-gc.log.0.currentJVM-GC logs