If you change the configuration file, Flume reloads it, unless you tell it not to by specifying no-reload-conf option.
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Paweł <pro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Currently I see no option to configure Flume dynamically. > > I have a case where I have to be able to > * add or remove Source > * attach Source to a Channel > * attach a Channel to a Sink or several Sinks > > All of this things are possible but only with configuration file which > means restart of application each time when the anything changes. > > 1) Are there any plans to add dynamic configuration mechanisms? > I think it's already supported. When you reconfigure, Flume Agents goes through its Lifecycle events stop and then restart. > 2) Do you think any REST API or JMX would be good in this place? > There is JIRA for configuration using Zookeeper https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-1491 > 3) How complicated it is to make Flume configurable? Does it men tons of > coding and months to implement it or rather it is not so hard? > > > -- > Paweł > -- thanks ashish Blog: http://www.ashishpaliwal.com/blog My Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/ashishpaliwal
