一 解压
tar xzfv apache-flume-1.7.0-bin.tar.gz
二 修改配置文件flume-conf.conf
a1.sources = r1
a1.sinks = k1
a1.channels = c1
a1.sources.r1.type = exec
a1.sources.r1.command = tail -F /opt/apache-flume-1.7.0-bin/log_exec_tail/log
a1.sinks.k1.type = logger
a1.channels.c1.type = memory
a1.channels.c1.capacity = 1000
a1.channels.c1.transactionCapacity = 100
a1.sources.r1.channels = c1
a1.sinks.k1.channel = c1
三 修改配置文件flume-env.sh
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.8
四 修改环境变量
[root@master conf]# vi /etc/profile
export FLUME_HOME=/opt/apache-flume-1.7.0-bin
export PATH=$PATH:$FLUME_HOME/bin
五 启动flume-ng
flume-ng agent --conf-file /opt/apache-flume-1.7.0-bin/conf/flume-conf.conf --name a1 -Dflume.root.logger=INFO,console
六 在另外终端往文件追加内容
[root@master log_exec_tail]# echo 'test a flume' >>log
七 查看服务上的日志信息
八参考