Flume的下载方式：
wget http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/flume/1.6.0/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin.tar.
下载完成之后，使用tar进行解压
tar -zvxf apache-flume-1.6..0-bin.tar.
进入flume的conf配置包中，使用命令touch flume.conf，然后cp flume-conf.properties.template flume.conf
使vim/gedit flume.conf 编辑配置文件,需要说明的的是,Flume conf文件用的是Java版的property文件的key-value键值对模式.
在Flume配置文件中,我们需要
1. 需要命名当前使用的Agent的名称.
2. 命名Agent下的source的名字.
3. 命名Agent下的channal的名字.
4. 命名Agent下的sink的名字.
5. 将source和sink通过channal绑定起来.
一般来说,在Flume中会存在着多个Agent,所以我们需要给它们分别取一个名字来区分它们,注意名字不要相同,名字保持唯一!
例如:
#Agent取名为 agent_name
#source 取名为 source_name ,一次类推
agent_name.source=source_name
agent_name.channels=channel_name
agent_name.sinks= sink_name
上图对应的是单个Agent,单个sink,单个channel情况,如下图
如果我们需要在一个Agent上配置n个sink,m个channel(n>1, m>1),
那么只需要这样配置即可:
#Agent取名为 agent_name
#source 取名为 source_name ,一次类推
agent_name.source=source_name ,source_name1
agent_name.channels=channel_name,channel_name1
agent_name.sinks= sink_name,sink_name1
上面的配置就表示一个Agent中有两个 source,sink,channel的情况,如图所示
以上是对多sink,channel,source情况,对于 多个Agent,只需要给每个Agent取一个独一无二的名字即可!
Flume支持各种各样的sources,sinks,channels,它们支持的类型如下:
以上的类型,你可以根据自己的需求来搭配组合使用,当然如果你愿意,你可以为所欲为的搭配.比如我们使用Avro source类型,采用Memory channel,使用HDFS sink存储,那我们的配置可以接着上的配置这样写
#Agent取名为 agent_name
#source 取名为 source_name ,一次类推
agent_name.source=Avro
agent_name.channels=MemoryChannel
agent_name.sinks= HDFS
当你命名好Agent的组成部分后,你还需要对Agent的组成sources , sinks, channles去一一描述. 下面我们来逐一的细说；
Source的配置
注： 需要特别说明，在Agent中对于存在的N(N>1)个source，其中的每一个source都需要单独进行配置，首先我们需要对source的type进行设置，然后在对每一个type进行对应的属性设置.其通用的模式如下：
agent_name.sources. source_name.type =value
agent_name.sources. source_name.property2=value
agent_name.sources. source_name.property3= value
具体的例子，比如我们Source选用的是Avro模式
#Agent取名为 agent_name
#source 取名为 source_name ,一次类推
agent_name.source=Avro
agent_name.channels=MemoryChannel
agent_name.sinks=HDFS
#——————————sourcec配置——————————————#
agent_name.source.Avro.type=avro
agent_name.source.Avro.bind=localhost
agent_name.source.Avro.port= 9696#将source绑定到MemoryChannel管道上
agent_name.source.Avro.channels= MemoryChannel
Channels的配置
Flume在source和sink配间提供各种管道（channels）来传递数据.因而和source一样，它也需要配置属性，同source一样，对于N（N>0）个channels,
需要单个对它们注意设置属性，它们的通用模板为：
agent_name.channels.channel_name.type =value
agent_name.channels.channel_name. property2=value
agent_name.channels.channel_name. property3= value
具体的例子，假如我们选用memory channel类型，那么我先要配置管道的类型
agent_name.channels.MemoryChannel.type = memory
但是我们现在只是设置好了管道自个儿属性，我们还需要将其和sink，source链接起来，也就是绑定，绑定设置如下，我们可以分别写在source，sink处，也可以集中写在channel处
agent_name.sources.Avro.channels =MemoryChannel
agent_name.sinks.HDFS.channels= MemoryCHannel
Sink的配置
sink的配置和Source配置类似，它的通用格式：
agent_name.sinks. sink_name.type =value
agent_name.sinks. sink_name.property2=value
agent_name.sinks. sink_name.property3= value
具体例子，比如我们设置Sink类型为HDFS ,那么我们的配置单就如下：
agent_name.sinks.HDFS.type =hdfs
agent_name.sinks.HDFS.path= HDFS‘s path
以上就是对Flume的配置文件详细介绍，下面在补全一张完整的配置图：
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# The configuration file needs to define the sources,
# the channels and the sinks.
# Sources, channels and sinks are defined per agent,
# inthiscasecalled 'agent'#define agent
agent.sources=seqGenSrc
agent.channels=memoryChannel
agent.sinks=loggerSink kafkaSink
#
# For each one of the sources, the type is defined
#默认模式 agent.sources.seqGenSrc.type= seq / netcat /avro
agent.sources.seqGenSrc.type=avro
agent.sources.seqGenSrc.bind=localhost
agent.sources.seqGenSrc.port= 9696#####数据来源####
#agent.sources.seqGenSrc.coommand= tail -F /home/gongxijun/Qunar/data/data.log
# The channel can be defined as follows.
agent.sources.seqGenSrc.channels=memoryChannel
#+++++++++++++++定义sink+++++++++++++++++++++#
# Each sink's type must be definedagent.sinks.loggerSink.type=logger
agent.sinks.loggerSink.type=hbase
agent.sinks.loggerSink.channel=memoryChannel
#表名
agent.sinks.loggerSink.table=flume
#列名
agent.sinks.loggerSink.columnFamily=gxjun
agent.sinks.loggerSink.serializer=org.apache.flume.sink.hbase.MyHbaseEventSerializer
#agent.sinks.loggerSink.serializer=org.apache.flume.sink.hbase.RegexHbaseEventSerializer
agent.sinks.loggerSink.zookeeperQuorum=localhost:2181agent.sinks.loggerSink.znodeParent= /hbase
#Specify the channel the sink should use
agent.sinks.loggerSink.channel=memoryChannel
# Each channel's type is defined.#memory
agent.channels.memoryChannel.type=memory
agent.channels.memortChhannel.keep-alive = 10# Other config values specific to each type of channel(sink or source)
# can be defined as well
# Inthiscase, it specifies the capacity of the memory channel
#agent.channels.memoryChannel.checkpointDir= /home/gongxijun/Qunar/data
#agent.channels.memoryChannel.dataDirs= /home/gongxijun/Qunar/data , /home/gongxijun/Qunar/tmpData
agent.channels.memoryChannel.capacity= 10000000agent.channels.memoryChannel.transactionCapacity= 10000#define the sink2 kafka
#+++++++++++++++定义sink+++++++++++++++++++++#
# Each sink's type must be definedagent.sinks.kafkaSink.type=logger
agent.sinks.kafkaSink.type=org.apache.flume.sink.kafka.KafkaSink
agent.sinks.kafkaSink.channel=memoryChannel
#agent.sinks.kafkaSink.server=localhost:9092agent.sinks.kafkaSink.topic= kafka-topic
agent.sinks.kafkaSink.batchSize= 20agent.sinks.kafkaSink.brokerList= localhost:9092#Specify the channel the sink should use
agent.sinks.kafkaSink.channel= memoryChannel
该配置类型如下如所示：
参考资料：
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/apache_flume/apache_flume_configuration.htm
