Read and Write MapR Event Store For Apache Kafka Messages With Flume

IMPORTANT This component is deprecated. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends using an alternate product. For more information, see Discontinued Ecosystem Components.

Flume uses agent files to define the data flow. To read or write MapR Event Store For Apache Kafka data, you configure Flume agent files with Flume sources, channels, and sinks.

When you read MapR Event Store For Apache Kafka topics, you use a Kafka source or a Kafka channel. When you write to a MapR Event Store For Apache Kafka topic, you can use a Kafka channel or a Kafka sink.

See the following topics for information on how to configure the agent file:See Example Agents Files: Flume 1.6 or Lower and MapR Event Store For Apache Kafka Integration and Example Agents Files: Flume 1.7 or Above and MapR Event Store For Apache Kafka Integration for example agent files.