Apache Flume: Distributed Log Collection for Hadoop - Second Edition

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and explanations of their meanings.

Code words in text are shown as follows: "If you want to use this feature, you set the useDualCheckpoints property to true and specify a location for that second checkpoint directory with the backupCheckpointDir property."

A block of code is set as follows:

agent.sinks.k1.hdfs.path=/logs/apache/access
agent.sinks.k1.hdfs.filePrefix=access
agent.sinks.k1.hdfs.fileSuffix=.log

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

agent.sources.s1.command=uptime
agent.sources.s1.restart=true ...