Edit mapred-site XML file

If you are using MapReduce, you must edit the mapred-site.xml file to indicate where the job history logs are stored and to allow MapReduce jobs to run across platforms.

Perform the following steps to edit the mapred-site.xml file:

1. Navigate to the location where you have saved the previously edited site configuration files and open the mapred-site.xml file.

2. Add the following values:

Parameter	Value
mapreduce.app-submission.cross-platform	This property allows MapReduce jobs to run on either Windows client or Linux server platforms.```xmlmapreduce.app-submission.cross-platformtrue </td></tr></tbody> </table>3. Save and close the file.

Note: You will have to edit the named connection and upload the edited site configuration file in order for this change to take effect.