<HADOOP_YARN_HOME>/work/pids
#2 - Enable log aggregation
<property> <name>yarn.log-aggregation-enable</name> <value>true</value> </property>
#3 - Add defult yarn pid dir to the yarnenv.sh
# default pid directory if [ "$YARN_PID_DIR" = "" ]; then YARN_LOG_DIR="$HADOOP_YARN_HOME/work/pids" fi
#4 - After you start your dfs (<HADOOP_HOME>/sbin/start-dfs.sh) and yarn (<HADOOP_HOME>/sbin/start-yarn.sh) start your yarn mapreduce history server
[hduser@hostname sbin]$ ./mr-jobhistory-daemon.sh start historyserver starting historyserver, logging to <HADOOP_HOME>/logs/mapred-hduser-historyserver-step-cca-sjc-lnx-lab9.out [hduser@hostname sbin]$