API and user interface for MapReduce jobs

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device operatively coupled with the memory, the processing device to:
• receive a request to submit, to a cluster of host systems, a MapReduce job;
• provide a first graphical user interface (GUI) to a first computing device that allows for an input of a plurality of arguments for the MapReduce job and a selection of a plurality of first argument values for a first portion of the plurality of arguments, wherein at least one of the arguments in the first portion of the plurality of arguments corresponds to an ordering of execution of the plurality of arguments associated with a sorting and filtering operation of the MapReduce job;
• receive, via the first GUI at the first computing device, the selection of the plurality of first argument values for the first portion of the plurality of arguments and a selection of a second portion of the plurality of arguments that are associated with a configuration of the cluster of host systems and that are not provided with a corresponding argument value;
• provide a second GUI to a second computing device that is to display the plurality of arguments, the plurality of first argument values, and allows for a selection of a plurality of second argument values for the second portion of the plurality of arguments that are associated with the configuration of the cluster of host systems;
• and
• in response to the selection of the plurality of second argument values via the second GUI associated with the second computing device, execute the MapReduce job in view of the plurality of first argument values and the plurality of second argument values, wherein the plurality of first argument values are passed to the MapReduce job and the plurality of second argument values are passed to a MapReduce job engine to facilitate execution of the MapReduce job.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, causes the processing device to:

• receive a request to submit, to a cluster of host systems, a MapReduce job;
• provide, by the processing device, a first graphical user interface (GUI) to a first computing device that allows for an input of a plurality of arguments for the MapReduce job and a selection of a plurality of first argument values for a first portion of the plurality of arguments, wherein at least one of the arguments in the first portion of the plurality of arguments corresponds to an ordering of execution of the plurality of arguments associated with a sorting and filtering operation of the MapReduce job;
• receive, via the first GUI at the first computing device, the selection of the plurality of first argument values for the first portion of the plurality of arguments and a selection of a second portion of the plurality of arguments that are associated with a configuration of the cluster of host systems and that are not provided with a corresponding argument value;
• provide, by the processing device to a second computing device, a second GUI that is to display the plurality of arguments, the plurality of first argument values, and allows for a selection of a plurality of second argument values for the second portion of the plurality of arguments that are associated with the configuration of the cluster of host systems;
• and
• in response to the selection of the plurality of second arguent values via the second GUI at the second computing device, execute the MapReduce job in view of the plurality of first argument values and the plurality of second argument values, wherein the plurality of first argument values are passed to the MapReduce job and the plurality of second argument values are passed to a MapReduce job engine to facilitate execution of the MapReduce job.