Flume is a distributed, reliable, and available service for efficiently collecting, aggregating, and moving large amounts of log data from various sources into a centralized data store. This guide will walk you through the steps to install Flume on an EndeavourOS Linux system.
Ensure that you have the following before proceeding with the installation:
Before installing Flume, you will need to ensure that Java is installed on your system. Flume requires Java to run, so if you don't already have it installed, you can use the following command to install it:
sudo pacman -S jdk-openjdk
Visit the official Flume website at https://flume.apache.org/ and download the latest version of Flume. Alternatively, you can use the following command to download the latest version of Flume to your home directory:
wget http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/flume/1.9.0/apache-flume-1.9.0-bin.tar.gz
After downloading the Flume tarball, extract it to a directory of your choice, such as /opt:
sudo tar -xzvf apache-flume-1.9.0-bin.tar.gz -C /opt/
Next, you will need to set the FLUME_HOME and PATH environment variables to specify the location of the Flume binary and to make it available globally.
nano ~/.bashrc
Add the following lines to the end of the file:
export FLUME_HOME=/opt/apache-flume-1.9.0-bin/
export PATH=$PATH:$FLUME_HOME/bin/
Save the file and exit the text editor.
Reload your shell to apply the changes:
source ~/.bashrc
To verify that Flume has been installed correctly, you can use the following command to print the version:
flume-ng version
This should output the Flume version you have installed.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Flume on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use Flume to collect and aggregate log data from various sources into a centralized data store. Happy logging!
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