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Command-Line Interface

Flink provides a command-line interface to run programs that are packaged as JAR files, and control their execution. The command line interface is part of any Flink setup, available in local single node setups and in distributed setups. It is located under <flink-home>/bin/flink and connects by default to the running Flink master (JobManager) that was started from the same installation directory.

A prerequisite to using the command line interface is that the Flink master (JobManager) has been started (via <flink-home>/bin/start- local.sh or <flink-home>/bin/start-cluster.sh) or that a YARN environment is available.

The command line can be used to

Examples

  • Run example program with no arguments.

    ./bin/flink run ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar
    
  • Run example program with arguments for input and result files

    ./bin/flink run ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar \
                           file:///home/user/hamlet.txt file:///home/user/wordcount_out
    
  • Run example program with parallelism 16 and arguments for input and result files

    ./bin/flink run -p 16 ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar \
                            file:///home/user/hamlet.txt file:///home/user/wordcount_out
    
  • Run example program with flink log output disabled

        ./bin/flink run -q ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar
    
  • Run example program in detached mode

        ./bin/flink run -d ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar
    
  • Run example program on a specific JobManager:

    ./bin/flink run -m myJMHost:6123 \
                           ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar \
                           file:///home/user/hamlet.txt file:///home/user/wordcount_out
    
  • Run example program with a specific class as an entry point:

    ./bin/flink run -c org.apache.flink.examples.java.wordcount.WordCount \
                           ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar \
                           file:///home/user/hamlet.txt file:///home/user/wordcount_out
    
  • Run example program using a per-job YARN cluster with 2 TaskManagers:

    ./bin/flink run -m yarn-cluster -yn 2 \
                           ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar \
                           hdfs:///user/hamlet.txt hdfs:///user/wordcount_out
    
  • Display the optimized execution plan for the WordCount example program as JSON:

    ./bin/flink info ./examples/batch/WordCount.jar \
                            file:///home/user/hamlet.txt file:///home/user/wordcount_out
    
  • List scheduled and running jobs (including their JobIDs):

    ./bin/flink list
    
  • List scheduled jobs (including their JobIDs):

    ./bin/flink list -s
    
  • List running jobs (including their JobIDs):

    ./bin/flink list -r
    
  • Cancel a job:

    ./bin/flink cancel <jobID>
    
  • Stop a job (streaming jobs only):

    ./bin/flink stop <jobID>
    

Savepoints

Savepoints are controlled via the command line client:

Trigger a savepoint

./bin/flink savepoint <jobID>

Returns the path of the created savepoint. You need this path to restore and dispose savepoints.

Restore a savepoint:

./bin/flink run -s <savepointPath> ...

The run command has a savepoint flag to submit a job, which restores its state from a savepoint. The savepoint path is returned by the savepoint trigger command.

Dispose a savepoint:

./bin/flink savepoint -d <savepointPath>

Disposes the savepoint at the given path. The savepoint path is returned by the savepoint trigger command.

Usage

The command line syntax is as follows:

./flink <ACTION> [OPTIONS] [ARGUMENTS]

The following actions are available:

Action "run" compiles and runs a program.

  Syntax: run [OPTIONS] <jar-file> <arguments>
  "run" action options:
     -c,--class <classname>               Class with the program entry point
                                          ("main" method or "getPlan()" method.
                                          Only needed if the JAR file does not
                                          specify the class in its manifest.
     -C,--classpath <url>                 Adds a URL to each user code
                                          classloader  on all nodes in the
                                          cluster. The paths must specify a
                                          protocol (e.g. file://) and be
                                          accessible on all nodes (e.g. by means
                                          of a NFS share). You can use this
                                          option multiple times for specifying
                                          more than one URL. The protocol must
                                          be supported by the {@link
                                          java.net.URLClassLoader}.
     -d,--detached                        If present, runs the job in detached
                                          mode
     -m,--jobmanager <host:port>          Address of the JobManager (master) to
                                          which to connect. Specify
                                          'yarn-cluster' as the JobManager to
                                          deploy a YARN cluster for the job. Use
                                          this flag to connect to a different
                                          JobManager than the one specified in
                                          the configuration.
     -p,--parallelism <parallelism>       The parallelism with which to run the
                                          program. Optional flag to override the
                                          default value specified in the
                                          configuration.
     -q,--sysoutLogging                   If present, supress logging output to
                                          standard out.
     -s,--fromSavepoint <savepointPath>   Path to a savepoint to reset the job
                                          back to (for example
                                          file:///flink/savepoint-1537).
  Additional arguments if -m yarn-cluster is set:
     -yD <arg>                            Dynamic properties
     -yd,--yarndetached                   Start detached
     -yj,--yarnjar <arg>                  Path to Flink jar file
     -yjm,--yarnjobManagerMemory <arg>    Memory for JobManager Container [in
                                          MB]
     -yn,--yarncontainer <arg>            Number of YARN container to allocate
                                          (=Number of Task Managers)
     -ynm,--yarnname <arg>                Set a custom name for the application
                                          on YARN
     -yq,--yarnquery                      Display available YARN resources
                                          (memory, cores)
     -yqu,--yarnqueue <arg>               Specify YARN queue.
     -ys,--yarnslots <arg>                Number of slots per TaskManager
     -yst,--yarnstreaming                 Start Flink in streaming mode
     -yt,--yarnship <arg>                 Ship files in the specified directory
                                          (t for transfer)
     -ytm,--yarntaskManagerMemory <arg>   Memory per TaskManager Container [in
                                          MB]


Action "info" shows the optimized execution plan of the program (JSON).

  Syntax: info [OPTIONS] <jar-file> <arguments>
  "info" action options:
     -c,--class <classname>           Class with the program entry point ("main"
                                      method or "getPlan()" method. Only needed
                                      if the JAR file does not specify the class
                                      in its manifest.
     -m,--jobmanager <host:port>      Address of the JobManager (master) to
                                      which to connect. Specify 'yarn-cluster'
                                      as the JobManager to deploy a YARN cluster
                                      for the job. Use this flag to connect to a
                                      different JobManager than the one
                                      specified in the configuration.
     -p,--parallelism <parallelism>   The parallelism with which to run the
                                      program. Optional flag to override the
                                      default value specified in the
                                      configuration.


Action "list" lists running and scheduled programs.

  Syntax: list [OPTIONS]
  "list" action options:
     -m,--jobmanager <host:port>   Address of the JobManager (master) to which
                                   to connect. Specify 'yarn-cluster' as the
                                   JobManager to deploy a YARN cluster for the
                                   job. Use this flag to connect to a different
                                   JobManager than the one specified in the
                                   configuration.
     -r,--running                  Show only running programs and their JobIDs
     -s,--scheduled                Show only scheduled programs and their JobIDs


Action "cancel" cancels a running program.

  Syntax: cancel [OPTIONS] <Job ID>
  "cancel" action options:
     -m,--jobmanager <host:port>   Address of the JobManager (master) to which
                                   to connect. Specify 'yarn-cluster' as the
                                   JobManager to deploy a YARN cluster for the
                                   job. Use this flag to connect to a different
                                   JobManager than the one specified in the
                                   configuration.


Action "stop" stops a running program (streaming jobs only). There are no strong consistency
guarantees for a stop request.

  Syntax: stop [OPTIONS] <Job ID>
  "stop" action options:
     -m,--jobmanager <host:port>   Address of the JobManager (master) to which
                                   to connect. Use this flag to connect to a
                                   different JobManager than the one specified
                                   in the configuration.


Action "savepoint" triggers savepoints for a running job or disposes existing ones.

  Syntax: savepoint [OPTIONS] <Job ID>
  "savepoint" action options:
     -d,--dispose <savepointPath>   Disposes an existing savepoint.
     -m,--jobmanager <host:port>    Address of the JobManager (master) to which
                                    to connect. Specify 'yarn-cluster' as the
                                    JobManager to deploy a YARN cluster for the
                                    job. Use this flag to connect to a different
                                    JobManager than the one specified in the
                                    configuration.