I think when start a node by "flume node_nowatch -n nodename", the node will find a free port to use. But flume-0.9.4 seems not support this. So I am finding a way to specify a port to 'nodename'. Detail: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-1025
At 2012-03-13 15:55:32,"alo alt" <wget.n...@googlemail.com> wrote: >An agent? Why? >A agent has sources, and that sources freely configurable. If you use syslog >you have to define the port, an tail doesn't need one and so on. >Or did you mean a collector? That will be done in flume-conf.xml > >best, > Alex > >-- >Alexander Lorenz >http://mapredit.blogspot.com > >On Mar 13, 2012, at 3:01 AM, lulynn_2008 wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> how to start an flume agent with a specify port? >> For example, I want to start agent1 with port 35863. >> >> >