Hi,
I am using Apache Flume 1.6 and using a simple memory channel to connect syslog to logger. Flume intermittently fails to start.. When it fails ... [root@si-mtv5-log-01:/usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin/conf]# flume-ng agent --conf conf --conf-file $FLUME_HOME/conf/flume-syslog.conf -name a1 -D-d flume.root.logger=DEBUG,console Warning: JAVA_HOME is not set! Info: Including Hive libraries found via () for Hive access + exec /usr/bin/java -Xmx20m -D-d -cp 'conf:/usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin/lib/*:/lib/*' -Djava.library.path= org.apache.flume.node.Application --conf-file /usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin/conf/flume-syslog.conf -name a1 flume.root.logger=DEBUG,console log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.flume.lifecycle.LifecycleSupervisor). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info. When it starts.. [root@si-mtv5-log-01:/usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin]# flume-ng agent --conf conf --conf-file $FLUME_HOME/conf/flume-syslog.conf -name a1 -Dflume.root.logger=DEBUG,console Info: Sourcing environment configuration script /usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin/conf/flume-env.sh Warning: JAVA_HOME is not set! Info: Including Hive libraries found via () for Hive access + exec /usr/bin/java -Xmx20m -Dflume.root.logger=DEBUG,console -cp '/usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin/conf:/usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin/lib/*:/lib/*' -Djava.library.path= org.apache.flume.node.Application --conf-file /usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin/conf/flume-syslog.conf -name a1 2015-11-19 12:00:34,220 (lifecycleSupervisor-1-0) [INFO - org.apache.flume.node.PollingPropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.start(PollingPropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.java:61)] Configuration provider starting 2015-11-19 12:00:34,224 (lifecycleSupervisor-1-0) [DEBUG - org.apache.flume.node.PollingPropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.start(PollingPropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.java:78)] Configuration provider started 2015-11-19 12:00:34,226 (conf-file-poller-0) [DEBUG - org.apache.flume.node.PollingPropertiesFileConfigurationProvider$FileWatcherRunnable.run(PollingPropertiesFileConfigurationProvider.java:126)] Checking file:/usr/local/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin/conf/flume-syslog.conf for changes Why this discrepancy? In both cases I am able to telnet the port 7077 but when it fails to start I can telnet but nothing echos back Your help is appreciated. Thanks Minnie
