[FLUME-941] Load flume-env.sh from flume_conf_dir environment variable / system property as opposed to bin directory

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.4
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.5
• Component/s: Shell
• Assignee: Karthik K
• Reporter: Karthik K
• Created: 31/Jan/12 02:40
• Updated: 05/Nov/14 11:23
• Resolved: 05/Nov/14 11:23

Description

When frequently trying out different installations / upgrades of flume, more than not, the flume installation directory (including ./bin) is nuked and replaced with an updated version for testing, but the flume settings are usually stored under FLUME_CONF_DIR , independently to preserve the settings.

In the current code, the flume-env.sh(.template) is present in BINDIR to override.

We want to provide a mechanism, to source from FLUME_CONFIG_DIR/flume-env.sh though, (if present) while being backward compatible still.

Issue Links

• is a clone of: FLUME-939 Load flume-env.sh from flume_conf_dir environment variable / system property as opposed to bin directory