2. Install Flume

Flume is included in the HDP-1.1.0.15 repository, but it is not installed automatically as part of the standard HDP installation process.

 2.1. Prerequisites

  1. You must have installed at least core Hadoop on your system using one of the available methods. See HDP Deployment Options for more information on your options.

  2. You must have set up your JAVA_HOME environment variable per your operating system. See the various installation guides above for more information.

 2.2. Installation

To install Flume, from a terminal window type:

[For RHEL or CentOS]

yum install flume

or

[For SLES]

zypper install flume

 2.3. Users

The installation process automatically sets up the appropriate flume user and flume group in the operating system.

 2.4. Directories

The main Flume files are located in /usr/lib/flume and the main configuration files are located in /etc/flume/conf.