1.下载flume并解压: wget 命令下载
（1）添加环境变量 gedit/etc/profile
#forflume1.6.0
exportFLUME_HOME=/home/hadoop/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin
exportFLUME_CONF_DIR=$FLUME_HOME/conf
exportPATH=$PATH:$FLUME_HOME/bin
（2）配置flume-env.sh文件
在$FLUME_HOME/conf 下复制改名flume-env.sh.template为flume-env.sh
cp flume-env.sh.template flume-env.sh
（3）修改JAVA_HOME和JAVA_OPTS
exportJAVA_HOME=/home/hadoop/jdk1.7.0_75
exportJAVA_OPTS="-Xms100m -Xmx2000m -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote"
3.flume的测试（一）telnet运行控制台输出
在$FLUME_HOME/conf目录下修改flume-conf.properties.template文件,复制并改
名为flume-conf
#example.conf: A single-node Flume configuration
# Namethe components on this agent
a1.sources = r1
a1.sinks = k1
a1.channels = c1
#Describe/configure the source
a1.sources.r1.type = netcat
a1.sources.r1.bind = localhost
a1.sources.r1.port = 44444
#Describe the sink
a1.sinks.k1.type = logger
# Use achannel which buffers events in memory
a1.channels.c1.type = memory
a1.channels.c1.capacity = 1000
a1.channels.c1.transactionCapacity = 100
# Bindthe source and sink to the channel
a1.sources.r1.channels = c1
a1.sinks.k1.channel = c1
4.在flume的安装目录/apache-flume-1.6.0-bin下运行
bin/flume-ng agent --conf conf --conf-file example.conf --name a1 -Dflume.root.logger=INFO,console
5.再打开一个终端,输入命令:telnet
localhost 44444,输入“hello world”
6.再看另一个终端是否有信息hello world打印出来
本文参考转载至：http://flume.apache.org/FlumeUserGuide.html http://f.dataguru.cn/thread-523804-1-1.html