Time for action – capturing network traffic in a log file

In the first instance, let's use a simple Flume configuration that will capture the network data to the main Flume log file.

  1. Create the following file as agent1.conf within your Flume working directory:
    agent1.sources = netsource
agent1.sinks = logsink
agent1.channels = memorychannel

agent1.sources.netsource.type = netcat
agent1.sources.netsource.bind = localhost
agent1.sources.netsource.port = 3000

agent1.sinks.logsink.type = logger

agent1.channels.memorychannel.type = memory
agent1.channels.memorychannel.capacity = 1000
agent1.channels.memorychannel.transactionCapacity = 100

agent1.sources.netsource.channels = memorychannel
agent1.sinks.logsink.channel = memorychannel
  2. Start a Flume agent: ...

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