What is the right way to edit spark-env.sh before running spark-shell?

Question

I am running spark on my local windows machine. I am able to start spark shell successfully.

I want to edit the spark-env.sh file residing in conf/ folder. What is t

Answer 1

You must have to use export to add any configuration in *.sh file. So in spark-env.sh file use following example,

export SPARK_MASTER_IP=192.165.5.1
export SPARK_EXECUTOR_MEMORY=2g
#OR export SPARK_EXECUTOR_MEMORY=2G

No need to use double quotes for values.

Answer 2

The spark-env.sh is a regular bash script intended for Unix, so on a Windows installation it will never get picked up.

On Windows, you'll need to have a spark-env.cmd file in the conf directory and instead use the following syntax :

set SPARK_EXECUTOR_MEMORY=2G

On Unix, the file will be called spark-env.sh and you will need to preprend each of your properties with export (e.g. : export SPARK_EXECUTOR_MEMORY=2G)