When I tried running the agent thus: flume-ng agent -c /etc/flume/conf -f /etc/flume/conf/flume.conf -n TwitterAgent &
It still occupied the shell session without returning to the command, although after closing the session window the logs do not show it shutting down. Is this how you would run a flume agent in practice, or should I be looking to use something like oozie or other workflow or scheduler type application to kick it off? On 8 August 2014 17:51, Jonathan Natkins <na...@streamsets.com> wrote: > If you have sudo access, you can run a command as a particular user using > sudo -u. > > `sudo -u flume flume-ng <config options> &` > > Also, if you installed Flume via RPM or Deb package, there should be an > init.d script, though I'm not positive what user that script runs as. > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Babu, Prashanth < > prashanth.b...@nttdata.com> wrote: > >> Or if you want to view the console from time to time, you can use >> screen[1] or tmux[2] on Linux and launch Flume agent and leave it running >> and detach from the console(s). >> >> >> >> Links: >> >> 1: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen >> >> 2: http://tmux.sourceforge.net >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Christopher Shannon [mailto:cshannon...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* 08 August 2014 14:32 >> *To:* user@flume.apache.org >> *Subject:* Re: Running an agent >> >> >> >> flume-ng blah blah & >> runs in backround >> >> On Aug 8, 2014 8:19 AM, "Charles Robertson" <charles.robert...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm currently running my agent by ssh'ing in to the box and executing the >> flume-ng agent command. >> >> This seems to have two effects (but please correct me if I have this >> wrong): >> >> 1. It seems to run in the context of the ssh session, so if the >> connection dies (from what I can understand from the logs) the agent shuts >> down. It also means that session never returns to the command prompt. >> >> 2. It executes as the user I'm logged in as (which isn't the flume user.) >> >> So, my questions are: >> >> How can I run my agent in the background, without necessarily having to >> be logged in? Also, how do I make it run as a specified user? (Although >> this might be covered by the answer to the first.) >> >> Thanks, >> Charles >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> Disclaimer:This email and any attachments are sent in strictest >> confidence for the sole use of the addressee and may contain legally >> privileged, confidential, and proprietary data. If you are not the intended >> recipient, please advise the sender by replying promptly to this email and >> then delete and destroy this email and any attachments without any further >> use, copying or forwarding >> > >
