Hi I am getting plain text now but not able to see date and other information.
From: Bertrand Dechoux [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: flume to HDFS log event write http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/api/org/apache/hadoop/io/SequenceFile.html is a binary format. You may want to make flume ouput to a file or the console first. And then compare what you are expecting versus what you are getting. Regards Bertrand On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Chhaya Vishwakarma <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: hi, I am using Flume log4j appender to write log events to HDFS but it contains some junk value and I am not able to see anything other than log message no timestamp. Here is my configuration Log4j.properties log4j.logger.log4jExample= DEBUG,out2 log4j.appender.out2 = org.apache.flume.clients.log4jappender.Log4jAppender log4j.appender.out2.Port = 41414 log4j.appender.out2.Hostname = 172.20.104.223 here is agent configuration a1.sources = r1 a1.sinks = k1 a1.channels = c1 #sources a1.sources.r1.type = avro a1.sources.r1.bind =172.20.104.226 a1.sources.r1.port= 41414 a1.sources.r1.restart =true a1.sources.r1.batchsize=10000 # Describe the sink a1.sinks.k1.type = hdfs a1.sinks.k1.hdfs.path=hdfs://172.20.104.226:8020/flumeinput/%{host}<http://172.20.104.226:8020/flumeinput/%25%7bhost%7d> a1.sinks.k1.hdfs.file.Type=DataStream a1.sinks.k1.hdfs.writeFormat=Writable a1.sinks.k1.hdfs.rollCount=10000 a1.sinks.k1.serializer=TEXT # Use a channel which buffers events in memory a1.channels.c1.type = file a1.channels.c1.capacity = 10000 a1.channels.c1.transactionCapacity = 10000 # Bind the source and sink to the channel a1.sources.r1.channels = c1 a1.sinks.k1.channel = c1 Expected output [2013-01-09 15:15:45,457] - [main] DEBUG log4jExample Current data unavailalbe, using cached values [2013-01-09 15:15:45,458] - [main] INFO log4jExample Hello this is an info message [2013-01-09 15:15:45,460] - [main] ERROR log4jExample Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost [2013-01-09 15:15:45,461] - [main] WARN log4jExample Attention!! Application running in debugmode [2013-01-09 15:15:45,463] - [main] DEBUG log4jExample Current data unavailalbe, using cached values [2013-01-09 15:15:45,465] - [main] INFO log4jExample Hello this is an info message [2013-01-09 15:15:45,467] - [main] ERROR log4jExample Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost [2013-01-09 15:15:45,468] - [main] WARN log4jExample Attention!! Application running in debugmode [2013-01-09 15:15:45,470] - [main] DEBUG log4jExample Current data unavailalbe, using cached values But getting this Output on HDFS SEQ!org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable"org.apache.hadoop.io.BytesWritable������+�AE����9<‑��-Current data unavailalbe, using cached values)<‑��Hello this is an info message.<‑��"Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost8<‑��,Attention!! Application running in debugmode9<‑��-Current data unavailalbe, using cached values)<‑��Hello this is an info message.<‑��"Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost8<‑�� ,Attention!! Application running in debugmode9<‑��-Current data unavailalbe, using cached values)<‑��‑Hello this is an info message.<‑��‑"Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost8<‑��,Attention!! Application running in debugmode9<‑�� -Current data unavailalbe, using cached values)<‑�� Hello this is an info message.<‑��!"Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost8<‑��",Attention!! Application running in debugmode9<‑��"-Current data unavailalbe, using cached values)<‑��#Hello this is an info message.<‑��#"Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost8<‑��$,Attention!! Application running in debugmode9<‑��$-Current data unavailalbe, using cached values)<‑��%Hello this is an info message.<‑��%"Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost8<‑��%,Attention!! Application running in debugmode9<‑��&-Current data unavailalbe, using cached values)<‑��&Hello this is an info message.<‑��'"Dabase unavaliable, connetion lost8<‑��(,Attention!! Application running in debugmode ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) may contain confidential or privileged information for the intended recipient(s). Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail and using or disseminating the information, and must notify the sender and delete it from their system. L&T Infotech will not accept responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of, or the presence of any virus or disabling code in this e-mail" -- Bertrand Dechoux
