Summary
In this chapter we covered in depth the various sources which you can use to ingest log data into Flume, including the following:
- The exec source
- Syslog sources (UDP, TCP, and multiport TCP)
We discussed replicating the old TailSource functionality in Flume 0.9 and the problems using tail semantics in general.
We also covered channel selectors and how to send events to one of more channels. Specifically:
- The replicating channel selector
- The multiplexing channel selector
Optional channels were also discussed as a way to only fail a Channel put transaction for only some of the Channels when more than one is used.
In the next chapter, we'll introduce Interceptors that will allow in-flight inspection and transformation of Events. Used in conjunction ...
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