Using Flume with S3 Sink

2018-03-16 Thread Ajay
Hi, I could like to know how to use Flume with S3 sink with IAM role. I found the JIRA ticket for the same - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-15141 but the steps/configuration required for the same are not documented anywhere. If anyone could point me to the documentation or provide

Re: Using Flume with S3 Sink

2018-03-16 Thread Suresh V
The HDFS Sink will function as a S3 sink as well, we have done that. But sometimes we had HTTP Connectivity timeout issues with S3 from the EC2 where Flume was running, so we moved away from S3 and used HDFS for production. Make sure the IAM role attached to the EC2 that is running Flume has the w

Re: Using Flume with S3 Sink

2018-03-16 Thread Ajay
Hi, Yes i mean the HDFS sink only for s3 as well. But with s3n protocol it need access and secret keys. As per the mentioned Jira ticket, it is said that with s3a protocol, it could work with IAM role. But I couldn't find any documentation for the same but from the code merged in the Jira ticket t