Hi. Here's what you need.
Follow the below steps to install Flume on Windows:
Download Flume from the official website: http://flume.apache.org/download.html
Move the downloaded file to C drive:
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Now extract the file by running the following command in command prompt:
$ cd C:\
$ tar -xvf apache-flume-1.9.0-bin.tar.gz
Now you have to add Flume path. Open the environment variable window. Refer to the below screenshots to add path
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Now, go to the Flume folder and in that, you will find the folder named conf. Open it and in that, open the file called log4j.properties file with a text editor and make the following changes:
flume.root.logger=DEBUG,console
#flume.root.logger=INFO,LOGFILE
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Copy the file flume-conf.properties.template, flume-env.ps1.template and rename them to flume-conf.properties, flume-env.ps1 respectively.
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That’s it. To verify installation, open command prompt and run:
$ flume-ng –help
If Flume is properly installed, the manual of flume will be displayed.