Re: Flume channel error : Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1
Also added in GitHub at Flume config file | | | | || | | | || Flume config file Flume config file | | | | From: Dheeraj Rokade To: Balazs Donat Bessenyei ; "dev@flume.apache.org" Cc: Attila Simon Sent: Monday, 17 October 2016 7:59 PM Subject: Re: Flume channel error : Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 Please find inline the configuration file # list the sources, sinks and channels in the agentagent_foo.sources = hdfs-Cluster1-sourceagent_foo.sinks = hdfs-Cluster1-sink1 hdfs-Cluster1-sink2 hdfs-Cluster1-sink3 hdfs-Cluster1-sink4agent_foo.channels = file-channel-1 file-channel-2 file-channel-3 # set channels for sourceagent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.channels = file-channel-1 file-channel-2 file-channel-3 # Describe/configure the sourceagent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.type = org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.zookeeperConnect = 10.32.22.67:2181agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.topic = test3agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.groupId = flumeagent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.kafka.auto.offset.reset = smallest agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.batchSize = 5 agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.kafka.consumer.timeout.ms = 100 agent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.type = fileagent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.checkpointDir = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/checkpoint agent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.backupCheckpointDir = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/backupagent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.dataDirs = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/dataagent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.transactionCapacity = 205agent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.checkpointInterval = 3000agent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.capacity = 1agent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.keep-alive = 5agent_foo.channels.file-channel-1.use-fast-replay=false agent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.type = fileagent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.checkpointDir = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel2/checkpoint agent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.backupCheckpointDir = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel2/backup agent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.dataDirs = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel2/data agent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.transactionCapacity = 25agent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.checkpointInterval = 300agent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.capacity = 100agent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.keep-alive = 5agent_foo.channels.file-channel-2.use-fast-replay=false agent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.type = fileagent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.checkpointDir = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel3/checkpoint agent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.backupCheckpointDir = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel3/backup agent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.dataDirs = /home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel3/dataagent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.transactionCapacity = 25agent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.checkpointInterval = 300agent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.capacity = 100agent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.keep-alive = 5agent_foo.channels.file-channel-3.use-fast-replay=false # set channel for sinksagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink1.channel = file-channel-1agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink2.channel = file-channel-2agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink3.channel = file-channel-3agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink4.channel = file-channel-1 agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors = i1agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.type = regex_extractoragent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.regex =(\\w+)|(\\w+)|#agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.serializers.delimiter = :#agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.regex = (\\d).*agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.serializers = s1 s2agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.serializers.s1.type = org.apache.flume.interceptor.RegexExtractorInterceptorPassThroughSerializer agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.serializers.s2.type = org.apache.flume.interceptor.RegexExtractorInterceptorPassThroughSerializer agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.serializers.s1.name = val1agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.interceptors.i1.serializers.s2.name = col2 # channel selector configurationagent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.selector.type = multiplexingagent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.selector.header = val1 agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.selector.mapping.I = file-channel-1agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.selector.mapping.s_case = file-channel-2agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.selector.mapping.s_user = file-channel-3agent_foo.sources.hdfs-Cluster1-source.selector.default = file-channel-3 agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink1.type = hdfsagent_foo.sinks.hdf
Re: Flume channel error : Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1
://10.32.22.65:8020/user/dheeraj.rokade/flume_test2 agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink2.rollInterval = 10agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink2.hdfs.writeFormat=Textagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink2.hdfs.fileType=DataStreamagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink2.hdfs.batchSize = 5 agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink3.type = hdfsagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink3.hdfs.path = hdfs://10.32.22.65:8020/user/dheeraj.rokade/flume_test3 agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink3.rollInterval = 10agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink3.hdfs.writeFormat=Textagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink3.hdfs.fileType=DataStreamagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink3.hdfs.batchSize = 5 agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink4.type = hdfsagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink4.hdfs.path = hdfs://10.32.22.65:8020/user/dheeraj.rokade/flume_test4agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink4.rollInterval = 10agent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink4.hdfs.writeFormat=Textagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink4.hdfs.fileType=DataStreamagent_foo.sinks.hdfs-Cluster1-sink4.hdfs.batchSize = 5 From: Balazs Donat Bessenyei To: dev@flume.apache.org; "dheerajrok...@yahoo.com" Cc: Attila Simon Sent: Monday, 17 October 2016 6:58 PM Subject: Re: Flume channel error : Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 As far as I know, apache.org mailing lists "ignore" attachments. You should either upload them to some service like https://gist.github.com/ or inline the relevant parts. Btw, when do you get these errors? When starting Flume or after some time? Thank you, Donat On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dheeraj Rokade wrote: > Please find the configuration file attached > > Thanks > Dheeraj > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Mon, 17 Oct, 2016 at 18:23, Attila Simon > wrote: > Hi, > It might've been my mobile client for gmail but couldn't find the flume > conf attached. Could you please double check? > Cheers, > Attila > > On Monday, 17 October 2016, Dheeraj Rokade > wrote: > >> Hello Team, >> >> My development activity is stuck due to below error in the Apache agent. >> >> *org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required >> channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 * >> >> I have the following configuration >> One Source - *Kafka* >> Three channels - *File channel* >> Four Sinks - *HDFS Sinks* >> >> Attached is the flume agent config file and below is the error message >> >> Things tried >> 1) Lowering or increasing the batch size for Kafka source and Hive HDFS >> sink >> 2) Lowering or increasing the TransactionCapacity and Capacity for File >> channel >> 3) With some help from the net, tried keeping File channel >> TransactionCapacity to be 5x of Kafka and HDFS Batch size but in vain. >> >> Please help advise >> >> Error message in detail : >> 16/10/17 18:06:08 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} >> org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required >> channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: >> [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } >> at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( >> ChannelProcessor.java:200) >> at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process( >> KafkaSource.java:123) >> at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run( >> PollableSourceRunner.java:139) >> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) >> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException >> at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$ >> FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) >> at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) >> at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord. >> toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) >> at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) >> at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$ >> FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) >> at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put( >> BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) >> at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put( >> BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) >> at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( >> ChannelProcessor.java:189) >> ... 3 more >> 16/10/17 18:06:13 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} >> org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required >> channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: >> [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } >> at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.pr
Re: Flume channel error : Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1
As far as I know, apache.org mailing lists "ignore" attachments. You should either upload them to some service like https://gist.github.com/ or inline the relevant parts. Btw, when do you get these errors? When starting Flume or after some time? Thank you, Donat On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dheeraj Rokade wrote: > Please find the configuration file attached > > Thanks > Dheeraj > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Mon, 17 Oct, 2016 at 18:23, Attila Simon > wrote: > Hi, > It might've been my mobile client for gmail but couldn't find the flume > conf attached. Could you please double check? > Cheers, > Attila > > On Monday, 17 October 2016, Dheeraj Rokade > wrote: > >> Hello Team, >> >> My development activity is stuck due to below error in the Apache agent. >> >> *org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required >> channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 * >> >> I have the following configuration >> One Source - *Kafka* >> Three channels - *File channel* >> Four Sinks - *HDFS Sinks* >> >> Attached is the flume agent config file and below is the error message >> >> Things tried >> 1) Lowering or increasing the batch size for Kafka source and Hive HDFS >> sink >> 2) Lowering or increasing the TransactionCapacity and Capacity for File >> channel >> 3) With some help from the net, tried keeping File channel >> TransactionCapacity to be 5x of Kafka and HDFS Batch size but in vain. >> >> Please help advise >> >> Error message in detail : >> 16/10/17 18:06:08 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} >> org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required >> channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: >> [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } >>at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( >> ChannelProcessor.java:200) >>at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process( >> KafkaSource.java:123) >>at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run( >> PollableSourceRunner.java:139) >>at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) >> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$ >> FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord. >> toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$ >> FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put( >> BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put( >> BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( >> ChannelProcessor.java:189) >>... 3 more >> 16/10/17 18:06:13 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} >> org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required >> channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: >> [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } >>at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( >> ChannelProcessor.java:200) >>at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process( >> KafkaSource.java:123) >>at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run( >> PollableSourceRunner.java:139) >>at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) >> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$ >> FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord. >> toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$ >> FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put( >> BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put( >> BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) >>at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( >> ChannelProcessor.java:189) >>... 3 more > >> >> > > -- > > *Attila Simon* > Software Engineer > Email: s...@cloudera.com > > [image: Cloudera Inc.] >
Re: Flume channel error : Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1
Please find the configuration file attached ThanksDheeraj Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, 17 Oct, 2016 at 18:23, Attila Simon wrote: Hi, It might've been my mobile client for gmail but couldn't find the flume conf attached. Could you please double check? Cheers, Attila On Monday, 17 October 2016, Dheeraj Rokade wrote: > Hello Team, > > My development activity is stuck due to below error in the Apache agent. > > *org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required > channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 * > > I have the following configuration > One Source - *Kafka* > Three channels - *File channel* > Four Sinks - *HDFS Sinks* > > Attached is the flume agent config file and below is the error message > > Things tried > 1) Lowering or increasing the batch size for Kafka source and Hive HDFS > sink > 2) Lowering or increasing the TransactionCapacity and Capacity for File > channel > 3) With some help from the net, tried keeping File channel > TransactionCapacity to be 5x of Kafka and HDFS Batch size but in vain. > > Please help advise > > Error message in detail : > 16/10/17 18:06:08 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} > org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required > channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: > [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } > at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( > ChannelProcessor.java:200) > at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process( > KafkaSource.java:123) > at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run( > PollableSourceRunner.java:139) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$ > FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord. > toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$ > FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) > at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put( > BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) > at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put( > BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) > at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( > ChannelProcessor.java:189) > ... 3 more > 16/10/17 18:06:13 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} > org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required > channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: > [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } > at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( > ChannelProcessor.java:200) > at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process( > KafkaSource.java:123) > at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run( > PollableSourceRunner.java:139) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$ > FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord. > toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$ > FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) > at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put( > BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) > at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put( > BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) > at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( > ChannelProcessor.java:189) > ... 3 more > > -- *Attila Simon* Software Engineer Email: s...@cloudera.com [image: Cloudera Inc.]
Re: Flume channel error : Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1
Hi, It might've been my mobile client for gmail but couldn't find the flume conf attached. Could you please double check? Cheers, Attila On Monday, 17 October 2016, Dheeraj Rokade wrote: > Hello Team, > > My development activity is stuck due to below error in the Apache agent. > > *org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required > channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 * > > I have the following configuration > One Source - *Kafka* > Three channels - *File channel* > Four Sinks - *HDFS Sinks* > > Attached is the flume agent config file and below is the error message > > Things tried > 1) Lowering or increasing the batch size for Kafka source and Hive HDFS > sink > 2) Lowering or increasing the TransactionCapacity and Capacity for File > channel > 3) With some help from the net, tried keeping File channel > TransactionCapacity to be 5x of Kafka and HDFS Batch size but in vain. > > Please help advise > > Error message in detail : > 16/10/17 18:06:08 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} > org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required > channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: > [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } > at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( > ChannelProcessor.java:200) > at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process( > KafkaSource.java:123) > at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run( > PollableSourceRunner.java:139) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$ > FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord. > toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$ > FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) > at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put( > BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) > at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put( > BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) > at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( > ChannelProcessor.java:189) > ... 3 more > 16/10/17 18:06:13 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} > org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required > channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: > [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } > at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( > ChannelProcessor.java:200) > at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process( > KafkaSource.java:123) > at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run( > PollableSourceRunner.java:139) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$ > FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord. > toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) > at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$ > FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) > at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put( > BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) > at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put( > BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) > at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch( > ChannelProcessor.java:189) > ... 3 more > > -- *Attila Simon* Software Engineer Email: s...@cloudera.com [image: Cloudera Inc.]
Flume channel error : Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1
Hello Team, My development activity is stuck due to below error in the Apache agent. org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 I have the following configurationOne Source - KafkaThree channels - File channelFour Sinks - HDFS Sinks Attached is the flume agent config file and below is the error message Things tried1) Lowering or increasing the batch size for Kafka source and Hive HDFS sink2) Lowering or increasing the TransactionCapacity and Capacity for File channel3) With some help from the net, tried keeping File channel TransactionCapacity to be 5x of Kafka and HDFS Batch size but in vain. Please help advise Error message in detail : 16/10/17 18:06:08 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch(ChannelProcessor.java:200) at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process(KafkaSource.java:123) at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run(PollableSourceRunner.java:139) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord.toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put(BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put(BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch(ChannelProcessor.java:189) ... 3 more 16/10/17 18:06:13 ERROR kafka.KafkaSource: KafkaSource EXCEPTION, {} org.apache.flume.ChannelException: Unable to put batch on required channel: FileChannel file-channel-1 { dataDirs: [/home/dheeraj.rokade/flume/.flume/file-channel1/data] } at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch(ChannelProcessor.java:200) at org.apache.flume.source.kafka.KafkaSource.process(KafkaSource.java:123) at org.apache.flume.source.PollableSourceRunner$PollingRunner.run(PollableSourceRunner.java:139) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.flume.channel.file.proto.ProtosFactory$FlumeEventHeader$Builder.setValue(ProtosFactory.java:7415) at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Put.writeProtos(Put.java:85) at org.apache.flume.channel.file.TransactionEventRecord.toByteBuffer(TransactionEventRecord.java:174) at org.apache.flume.channel.file.Log.put(Log.java:642) at org.apache.flume.channel.file.FileChannel$FileBackedTransaction.doPut(FileChannel.java:468) at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicTransactionSemantics.put(BasicTransactionSemantics.java:93) at org.apache.flume.channel.BasicChannelSemantics.put(BasicChannelSemantics.java:80) at org.apache.flume.channel.ChannelProcessor.processEventBatch(ChannelProcessor.java:189) ... 3 more