FAQ

Flume Frequently Asked Questions

0.9.0 release

• How do I change the maximum raw event size?

Set the flume.event.max.size.bytes property in the flume-site.xml file to a max size value.

• Where can I get a tar ball with source?

http://archive.cloudera.com/cdh/3/

• Does this version support output file compression?

Not yet, it is on our list of things TODO!

• autoDFOChain stuff seems to hang!

Yup, it’s a bug. Fix one bug and it causes a bunch of new ones to appear. We are working on it. autoBEChain stuff is more likely to work at the moment.

• Why is zookeeper a dependency? Why is it included?

We use it to make the master reliable.

• From packages, flume runs as a flume user but we can’t read certain files becuase they belong to root!

For now, we suggest adding a group that the flume user is part of, and make the file give read writes to members of that group.