Sagar,
Just try "tail -F" on the same file over and over on the command line. It
will display the last few lines.
If you want to avoid this, try "tail -F -n 0 filename" and you should not
see this. Every time you reload your configuration file, the specified
command is re-executed by the source.
Regards,
Mike
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Hari Shreedharan
<hshreedha...@cloudera.com>wrote:
> Flume will reload the configuration file every time it is modified. Since
> puppet rewrites it, Flume reloads it. The events are probably replayed
> because of the transactions being incomplete or something like that. File
> Channel will not replay the events if they have been completely persisted
> to HDFS and transaction closed. If pupper does not rewrite the config file,
> do you see this issue?
>
> --
> Hari Shreedharan
>
> On Monday, March 4, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Sagar Mehta wrote:
>
> I think we found the issue, not sure if this is the root cause but looks
> highly correlated.
>
> So we manage configs using puppet which currently runs in a cron mode with
> following configuration
>
> ## puppetrun Cron Job
> 20,50 * * * * root sleep $((RANDOM\%60)) > /dev/null 2>&1; puppet agent
> --onetime --no-daemonize --logdest syslog > /dev/null 2>&1
>
> *Note - the times at which puppet is run along with the time-stamps in
> the listing below.*
>
> Also after combing through flume logs, we noticed Flume is reloading the
> configuration after every puppet run
>
> sagar@drspock ~/temp $ cat flume.log.2013-03-03 | egrep -i "reloading" |
> head -5
> 2013-03-03 00:20:44,174 [conf-file-poller-0] INFO
> org.apache.flume.conf.properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider -
> Reloading configuration file:/opt/flume/conf/hdfs.conf
> 2013-03-03 00:51:14,374 [conf-file-poller-0] INFO
> org.apache.flume.conf.properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider -
> Reloading configuration file:/opt/flume/conf/hdfs.conf
> 2013-03-03 01:21:15,072 [conf-file-poller-0] INFO
> org.apache.flume.conf.properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider -
> Reloading configuration file:/opt/flume/conf/hdfs.conf
> 2013-03-03 01:51:15,778 [conf-file-poller-0] INFO
> org.apache.flume.conf.properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider -
> Reloading configuration file:/opt/flume/conf/hdfs.conf
> 2013-03-03 02:20:46,481 [conf-file-poller-0] INFO
> org.apache.flume.conf.properties.PropertiesFileConfigurationProvider -
> Reloading configuration file:/opt/flume/conf/hdfs.conf
>
> The way we have our current setup, the flume config file
> namely /opt/flume/conf/hdfs.conf is re-written after every puppet run due
> to variable interpolation in the template.
>
> *We are still not sure what is causing Flume to reload the config file,
> and even if the file is reloaded why are the same events getting replayed
> [the state should be saved somewhere on disk - thats what the file channel
> is for I thought]*
>
> Any pointers/insights appreciated.
>
> Sagar
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Sagar Mehta <sagarme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> Yes this issue was also seen in the memory channel. In fact when we moved
> to File based channel, we initially thought this issue won't occur since
> it stores check points.
>
> Anyways below are all files for collector110 [whose source didn't receive
> any events] and you can see all the replays below. I have attached the
> corresponding flume log file for the same day.
>
> hadoop@jobtracker301:/home/smehta$ hls
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-03-03/*/collector110* | head -5
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 1594 2013-03-03 00:20
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-03-03/0000/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1362270044367.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 1594 2013-03-03 00:51
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-03-03/0000/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1362271875065.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 1594 2013-03-03 01:21
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-03-03/0100/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1362273675770.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 1594 2013-03-03 01:51
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-03-03/0100/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1362275476474.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 1594 2013-03-03 02:20
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-03-03/0200/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1362277246704.gz
>
> Also in the attached flume log, you can see the replay stuff I'm talking
> about - Please note the source received no events during this time.
>
> sagar@drspock ~/temp $ cat flume.log.2013-03-03 | egrep -i "Queue Size
> after replay" | head
> 2013-03-03 00:20:44,355 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-3] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 10
> [channel=channel1]
> 2013-03-03 00:20:44,356 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-4] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 10
> [channel=channel2]
> 2013-03-03 00:51:14,571 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-7] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 0
> [channel=channel2]
> 2013-03-03 00:51:14,577 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-1] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 10
> [channel=channel1]
> 2013-03-03 01:21:15,276 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-8] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 0
> [channel=channel2]
> 2013-03-03 01:21:15,281 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-7] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 10
> [channel=channel1]
> 2013-03-03 01:51:15,979 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-9] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 0
> [channel=channel2]
> 2013-03-03 01:51:15,985 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-5] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 10
> [channel=channel1]
> 2013-03-03 02:20:46,697 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-2] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 10
> [channel=channel1]
> 2013-03-03 02:20:46,697 [lifecycleSupervisor-1-8] INFO
> org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel - Queue Size after replay: 10
> [channel=channel2]
>
> As for the contents of the file, yes they are exactly the same 10 lines of
> events replayed over and over - I checked that.
>
> Let me know if you guys have any insights into this or if this is a bug in
> Flume Ng.
>
> Sagar
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Hari Shreedharan <
> hshreedha...@cloudera.com> wrote:
>
> Can also send the flume agent logs? Did you check the contents of the
> files?
>
> --
> Hari Shreedharan
>
> On Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Roshan Naik wrote:
>
> would you be able to you verify if the same problem can be reproduced by
> using the memory channel instead in a test setup ?
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Sagar Mehta <sagarme...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm using Flume-Ng and it is working pretty well except for a weird
> situation which I observed lately. In essence I'm using an exec source for
> doing tail -F on a logfile and using two HDFS sinks with a File channel.
>
> However I have observed that when the source [ logfile of a jetty based
> collector] is idle - that is no new events are pushed to the logFile,
> FlumeNg seems to replay the same set of events.
>
> For example collector110 received no events for 2 subsequent hours and
> below are the corresponding Flume written files at the HDFS sink
>
> hadoop@jobtracker301:/home/hadoop/sagar$ hls
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-02-27/1400/collector110*
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 441 2013-02-27 14:20
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-02-27/1400/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1361974853210.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 441 2013-02-27 14:50
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-02-27/1400/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1361976653432.gz
>
> hadoop@jobtracker301:/home/hadoop/sagar$ hls
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-02-27/1500/collector110*
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 441 2013-02-27 15:20
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-02-27/1500/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1361978454123.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 3 hadoop supergroup 441 2013-02-27 15:50
> /ngpipes-raw-logs/2013-02-27/1500/collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1361980254338.gz
>
> hadoop@jobtracker301:/home/hadoop/sagar$ md5sum *
> c7360ef5c8deaee3ce9f4c92e9d9be63
> collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1361974853210.gz
> c7360ef5c8deaee3ce9f4c92e9d9be63
> collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1361976653432.gz
> c7360ef5c8deaee3ce9f4c92e9d9be63
> collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1361978454123.gz
> c7360ef5c8deaee3ce9f4c92e9d9be63
> collector110.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com.1361980254338.gz
>
> As you can see above the md5sums match.
>
> I'm using a File channel which has checkpoints, so I'm not sure what is
> going on. Btw looks like the difference in timestamps of the two replays is
> exactly 30 mins.
>
> *Is this a known bug or am I missing something?*
> *
> *
> *Below is my Flume config file*
>
> smehta@collector110:/opt/flume/conf$ cat hdfs.conf
> # An hdfs sink to write events to the hdfs on the test cluster
> # A memory based channel to connect the above source and sink
>
> # Name the components on this agent
> collector110.sources = source1
> collector110.sinks = sink1 sink2
> collector110.channels = channel1 channel2
>
> # Configure the source
> collector110.sources.source1.type = exec
> collector110.sources.source1.command = tail -F /opt/jetty/logFile.log
>
> # Configure the interceptors
> collector110.sources.source1.interceptors = TimestampInterceptor
> HostInterceptor
>
> # We use the Timestamp interceptor to get timestamps of when flume
> receives events
> # This is used for figuring out the bucket to which an event goes
> collector110.sources.source1.interceptors.TimestampInterceptor.type =
> timestamp
>
> # We use the Host interceptor to populate the host header with the fully
> qualified domain name of the collector.
> # That way we know which file in the sink respresents which collector.
> collector110.sources.source1.interceptors.HostInterceptor.type =
> org.apache.flume.interceptor.HostInterceptor$Builder
> collector110.sources.source1.interceptors.HostInterceptor.preserveExisting
> = false
> collector110.sources.source1.interceptors.HostInterceptor.useIP = false
> collector110.sources.source1.interceptors.HostInterceptor.hostHeader = host
>
>
> # Configure the sink
>
> collector110.sinks.sink1.type = hdfs
>
> # Configure the bucketing
> collector110.sinks.sink1.hdfs.path=hdfs://
> namenode3001.ngpipes.milp.ngmoco.com:9000/ngpipes-raw-logs/%Y-%m-%d/%H00
>
> # Prefix the file with the source so that we know where the events in the
> file came from
> collector110.sinks.sink1.hdfs.filePrefix = %{host}
>
> # We roll the flume output file based on time interval - currently every 5
> minutes
> collector110.sinks.sink1.hdfs.rollSize = 0
> collector110.sinks.sink1.hdfs.rollCount = 0
> collector110.sinks.sink1.hdfs.rollInterval = 300
>
> #gzip compression related settings
> collector110.sinks.sink1.hdfs.codeC = gzip
> collector110.sinks.sink1.hdfs.fileType = CompressedStream
> collector110.sinks.sink1.hdfs.fileSuffix = .gz
>
> # Configure the sink
>
> collector110.sinks.sink2.type = hdfs
>
> # Configure the bucketing
> collector110.sinks.sink2.hdfs.path=hdfs://
> namenode5001.ngpipes.sac.ngmoco.com:9000/ngpipes-raw-logs/%Y-%m-%d/%H00
>
> # Prefix the file with the source so that we know where the events in the
> file came from
> collector110.sinks.sink2.hdfs.filePrefix = %{host}
>
> # We roll the flume output file based on time interval - currently every 5
> minutes
> collector110.sinks.sink2.hdfs.rollSize = 0
> collector110.sinks.sink2.hdfs.rollCount = 0
> collector110.sinks.sink2.hdfs.rollInterval = 300
>
> #gzip compression related settings
> collector110.sinks.sink2.hdfs.codeC = gzip
> collector110.sinks.sink2.hdfs.fileType = CompressedStream
> collector110.sinks.sink2.hdfs.fileSuffix = .gz
>
> # Configure the channel that connects the source to the sink
>
> # Use a channel which buffers events in filesystem
> collector110.channels.channel1.type = file
> collector110.channels.channel1.checkpointDir =
> /data/flume_data/channel1/checkpoint
> collector110.channels.channel1.dataDirs = /data/flume_data/channel1/data
>
> # Use a channel which buffers events in filesystem
> collector110.channels.channel2.type = file
> collector110.channels.channel2.checkpointDir =
> /data/flume_data/channel2/checkpoint
> collector110.channels.channel2.dataDirs = /data/flume_data/channel2/data
>
> # Bind the source and sink to the channel configured above
> collector110.sources.source1.channels = channel1 channel2
> collector110.sinks.sink1.channel = channel1
> collector110.sinks.sink2.channel = channel2
>
> Sagar
>
>
>
>
>
>
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