By default on installation Flume does not start running immediately. To validate, replace your default conf/flume.conf with the provdied flume.conf, restart flume, and see if the data is flowing by examining the destination.
Use this flume.conf
file:
1. Name the components on this agent
a1.sources = r1
a1.sinks = k1
a1.channels = c1
2.Describe/configure the source
a1.sources.r1.type = seq
3. Describe the sink
a1.sinks.k1.type = file_roll
a1.sinks.k1.channel = c1
a1.sinks.k1.sink.directory = /tmp/flume
4. Use a channel which buffers events in memory
a1.channels.c1.type = memory
5. Bind the source and sink to the channel
a1.sources.r1.channels = c1
a1.sinks.k1.channel = c1
After starting flume, check /tmp/flume to see if there are any files there. The
files should contain simple sequential numbers. After validating, stop flume and
revert changes to flume.conf to prevent your disk from filling up.
