2. Install Flume

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

The following Flume components have HDP component dependencies. You cannot use these Flume components if the dependencies are not installed.

Table 13.1. Flume 1.4.0 Dependencies
Flume 1.4.0 Component HDP Component Dependencies
HDFS Sink Hadoop 2.2.0
HBase Sink HBase 0.96.0

See HDP Deployment Options for more information.
You must correctly set and export your JAVA_HOME environment variable for your operating system. See here for instructions on installing JDK.

Flume 1.4.0 Component	HDP Component Dependencies
HDFS Sink	Hadoop 2.2.0
HBase Sink	HBase 0.96.0

To install Flume, from a terminal window type:

For RHEL or CentOS

yum install flume
yum install flume-agent #This installs init scripts

For SLES

zypper install flume
zypper install flume-agent #This installs init scripts

For Ubuntu

apt-get install flume
apt-get install flume-agent #This installs init scripts

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

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