apache flume log directory

Question

Just begin to learn Apache Flume. I follow the instructions on Flume official getting started website:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLUME/Getting+Started

Almost everything is fine after follow the instructions on above link. But I could not find any log file afterwards. I suppose log file is under {flume.directory}/logs. Any idea to find flume log files?

Here comes my log4j.properties:

flume.root.logger=INFO,LOGFILE
flume.log.dir=./logs
flume.log.file=flume.log

log4j.logger.org.apache.flume.lifecycle = INFO
log4j.logger.org.jboss = WARN
log4j.logger.org.mortbay = INFO
log4j.logger.org.apache.avro.ipc.NettyTransceiver = WARN
log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop = INFO
log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hive = ERROR

# Define the root logger to the system property "flume.root.logger".
log4j.rootLogger=${flume.root.logger}


# Stock log4j rolling file appender
# Default log rotation configuration
log4j.appender.LOGFILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.MaxFileSize=100MB
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.MaxBackupIndex=10
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.File=${flume.log.dir}/${flume.log.file}
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%t] (%C.%M:%L) %x - %m%n


# Warning: If you enable the following appender it will fill up your disk if you don't have a cleanup job!
# This uses the updated rolling file appender from log4j-extras that supports a reliable time-based rolling policy.
# See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/companions/extras/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/rolling/TimeBasedRollingPolicy.html
# Add "DAILY" to flume.root.logger above if you want to use this
log4j.appender.DAILY=org.apache.log4j.rolling.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.DAILY.rollingPolicy=org.apache.log4j.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy
log4j.appender.DAILY.rollingPolicy.ActiveFileName=${flume.log.dir}/${flume.log.file}
log4j.appender.DAILY.rollingPolicy.FileNamePattern=${flume.log.dir}/${flume.log.file}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}
log4j.appender.DAILY.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.DAILY.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%t] (%C.%M:%L) %x - %m%n


# console
# Add "console" to flume.root.logger above if you want to use this
log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d (%t) [%p - %l] %m%n

Answer 1

Cause your configuration use a relative path :

flume.log.dir=./logs
log4j.appender.LOGFILE.File=${flume.log.dir}/${flume.log.file}

Flume use your current directory to log.
(the directory where you are when you launch flume)

You can use an absolute path for flume.log.dir if you want to force flume to log in that path, no matter where you launch it.