Apache spark: setting spark.eventLog.enabled and spark.eventLog.dir at submit or Spark start

Question

I would like to set spark.eventLog.enabled and spark.eventLog.dir at the spark-submit or start-all level -- not require it to

Answer 1

Create a local directory:

$ mkdir /tmp/spark-events

Run Spark-shell with --conf spark.eventLog.enabled

$ spark-shell --conf spark.eventLog.enabled --class com.MainClass --packages packages_if_any --master local[4] app.jar