Simple Flume tail to Kafka

gistfile1.txt

# Name the components on this agent
a1.sources = r1
a1.sinks = k1
a1.channels = c1

a1.sources.r1.type = exec
a1.sources.r1.command = tail -F /var/log/example.log
a1.sources.r1.channels = c1

a1.sinks.k1.type = org.apache.flume.sink.kafka.KafkaSink
a1.sinks.k1.topic = test
a1.sinks.k1.brokerList = localhost:9092
a1.sinks.k1.requiredAcks = 1
a1.sinks.k1.batchSize = 20
#a1.sinks.k1.serializer = org.apache.flume.serialization.HeaderAndBodyTextEventSerializer
#a1.sinks.k1.sink.serializer.appendNewline = false

# Use a channel which buffers events in memory
a1.channels.c1.type = memory
a1.channels.c1.capacity = 100
a1.channels.c1.transactionCapacity = 100


# Bind the source and sink to the channel
a1.sources.r1.channels = c1
a1.sinks.k1.channel = c1