[jira] [Commented] (FLUME-2573) flume-ng --conf parameter is not used when starting a flume agent

["Biju Nair (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Biju Nair commented on FLUME-2573:
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Hi [~hshreedharan] any comments on the patch provided?

> flume-ng --conf parameter is not used when starting a flume agent
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>
>                 Key: FLUME-2573
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-2573
>             Project: Flume
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Node
>    Affects Versions: v1.4.0
>         Environment: ubuntu 12 & Flume 1.4.0
>            Reporter: Biju Nair
>              Labels: flume-ng
>             Fix For: v1.4.1
>
>         Attachments: FLUME-2573-0.patch
>
>
> flume-ng script accepts the parameter [conf|https://github.com/apache/flume/blob/trunk/bin/flume-ng#L183] to pass the directory which stores the configuration files and adds it to the FLUME_CLASSPATH.
> But [org.apache.flume.node.Application|https://github.com/apache/flume/blob/trunk/flume-ng-node/src/main/java/org/apache/flume/node/Application.java#L302] expects
> configuration files passed to have an absolute path. So even if user passes `conf` and `conf-file` option, `application` looks for the configuration file
> in the directory from which it is executed. It would be good to take the `conf` value into consideration so that users can place the config files anywhere.
> Currently big-top init.d script joins the [`conf` and `conf-file` values|(https://github.com/apache/flume/blob/trunk/bin/flume-ng#L183] when calling flume-ng. The same can be done in the ` flume-ng ` script. Alternatively
> the `conf ` parameter can be read in ` application ` and concatenated in the code. The latter is a cleaner approach but will have impact on ` big-top `.



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