sparklyr (version 0.3.6)

spark_connect: Connect to Spark

Description

Connect to Spark

Usage

spark_connect(master, spark_home = Sys.getenv("SPARK_HOME"), method = c("shell"), app_name = "sparklyr", version = NULL, hadoop_version = NULL, config = spark_config(), extensions = sparklyr::registered_extensions())

Arguments

master
Spark cluster url to connect to. Use "local" to connect to a local instance of Spark installed via spark_install.
spark_home
Spark home directory (defaults to SPARK_HOME environment variable). If SPARK_HOME is defined it will be always be used unless the version paramater is specified to force the use of a locally installed version.
method
of connecting to spark (currently only "shell" is supported, additional methods may come later)
app_name
Application name to be used while running in the Spark cluster
version
Version of Spark (only applicable for local master)
hadoop_version
Version of Hadoop (only applicable for local master)
config
Configuration for connection (see spark_config for details).
extensions
Extension packages to enable for this connection. By default will enable all packages that previously called sparklyr::register_extension.

Value

Connection to Spark local instance or remote cluster

See Also

Other Spark connections: spark_disconnect