Thanks for the info. Flume's source code exposes a Java interface: com.cloudera.flume.util.AdminRPC interface and its Thrift implementation class: com.cloudera.flume.util.AdminRPCThrift Using these two, I wrote my own Java REST server with Jersey that exposes the Flume shell via REST to my client.
Thanks! -Kowshik On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Rajalakshmi Ramesh <rrajalaks...@gatech.edu > wrote: > The programmatic way of doing something like what you have described needs > some coding on your part. If you want to do it via scripting language,it > may be possible to take the thrift ddl file mastercontrol.trift and > implement your own client. This would mean reimplementing the > FlumeShelll.java and FlumeMasterAdminServer.java file for reference. > > A link i bumped across when i wanted to do a mixed client/server with > Thrift and Ruby. > http://saladwithsteve.com/2008/04/my-first-thrift-app.html > > Thanks & Regards > Rajalakshmi (Raji) Ramesh > ------------------------------------------------------- > Georgia Institute of Technology > Atlanta, GA > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Jay Stricks <j...@wapolabs.com> wrote: > >> Maybe this isn't helpful, but you can execute a script within a Flume >> shell by using the -s flag when starting the Flume shell, in combination >> with the -c flag (which you use to specify which master to connect to). So >> you could append commands to a file and then execute the script all in one >> shot. Might not be what you were looking for though. >> >> Jay S. >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Kowshik Prakasam <kows...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> From a flume master, I'm making a bulk of config changes to flume >>> agents running in >>> a cluster. Firing a flume shell command every time for each change is a >>> very slow process. >>> Is there a way that I can programatically connect to the flume master >>> to issue RPC >>> calls that can mimic the flume shell? >>> >>> -Kowshik >>> >> >> >
