Flume will not even start if it is not already started in the context you mention. If it is started and you are updating the config than it will throw an error in the logs.
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, Eric Czech <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to figure out what happens in the event of a misconfiguration > where a source is connected to a channel that isn't configured. > > In other words, if channel "my_channel" is connected to an HBase sink > (what I want) but I accidentally point my source at "mmmy_channel" in the > flume properties file, what happens? The user guide states that the > transaction fails but how can we detect that condition and do something > with the event? > > Some side notes: > - We're using a JMS source > - We'll definitely use config management or a validation to try to keep > misconfigurations from happening, but we still need to know how to deal > with when they do > > Thank you! >
