Hi,

you could do that with scripting inside the DHCP server and add per type a own 
script. Then create a valid config script:

exec config NODE 'SINK' CHAIN PARAMTER
etc

and load the script into the master:
flume shell -c HOST -s /PATH/TO/SCRIPT
=> -c localhost as example 

Could that help?

- Alex
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Alexander Lorenz
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On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:49 AM, M. Karthikeyan wrote:

> Hi,
> Im looking at the possibility of having a DHCP like setup using Flume. Let me 
> explain the details.
> 1) A Flume master that remembers Flume Agent and Flume Collector 
> configuration details for different Network Element types.
> 2) Any new Network Element in the network would have the Flume node running 
> by default and will be configured to contact the Flume Master.
> 3) The NE must give its NE-Type to the Flume Master as part of its initial 
> registration with Flume Master. Based on the NE type, the Flume Master must 
> pick up corresponding config details (also considering some other dynamic 
> conditions like load etc) and push to the Flume node, instructing it to act 
> as a particular Flume Agent.
> 4) When a particular NE generates more traffic than normal, the Master must 
> be able to dynamically instantiate one more logical Flume Agent in another NE 
> and make it share the job of reading data from the first NE
> Is all this possible in an pre-programmed, automated fashion in Flume?
>  
> Thanks & Regards,
> MK
> 
>  

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