You need to specify the FQCN for it to work. Alias is supported only for built-in sources. Use org.apache.flume.source.Mytestsource in your config, it should work.
Hari -- Hari Shreedharan On Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Harish Mandala wrote: > Hello, > > I created my own source in org.apache.flume.source, and everything compiles > and packages fine. When I try to include its name in my flume.conf and > then start the agent, I get: > org.apache.flume.FlumeException: Unable to load source type: Mytestsource, > class: mytestsource > > I assume there's more to it than simply adding new source files and > compiling. What am I missing? > > Thanks in anticipation, > Harish > >
