Apache Flume is a distributed, reliable, and available system for efficiently collecting, aggregating, and moving large amounts of log data from many different sources to a centralized data store.
Before installing Flume on Manjaro, make sure you have the following:
Java 8 or higher: Flume requires a Java runtime environment to run. You can install OpenJDK using the following command:
sudo pacman -S jdk-openjdk
Alternatively, you can install Oracle JDK from the official website.
To install Flume on Manjaro, follow these steps:
Download the latest stable version of Flume from the official website: https://flume.apache.org/download.html.
Extract the downloaded archive file to a directory of your choice. For example, to extract the archive file to /opt:
sudo tar zxvf apache-flume-1.9.0-bin.tar.gz -C /opt
Rename the extracted directory to something more meaningful, such as flume.
sudo mv /opt/apache-flume-1.9.0-bin /opt/flume
Set the FLUME_HOME variable to the Flume installation directory:
export FLUME_HOME=/opt/flume
Add the Flume binary directory to your system path. You can do this by adding the following line to your .bashrc file:
export PATH=$PATH:$FLUME_HOME/bin
Alternatively, you can add it to the global profile file:
sudo nano /etc/profile.d/flume.sh
Add the following line to the file:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/flume/bin
Save and close the file.
Verify that Flume is installed correctly by running the following command:
flume-ng version
You should see the version number of Flume printed on the console.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Apache Flume on Manjaro. You can now use Flume to collect and aggregate log data from various sources.
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