Confluent CLI - Connect failed to start - apache-kafka

Question

I downloaded Confluent-7.0.0 for local machine installed it. Tried to follow the Quick-start guide, I typed "confluent local services start" and got this error message "Error: Connect failed to start" Not sure what went wrong, it happens everytime even with old versions too.
I am using a ubuntu virtual machine.
Using CONFLUENT_CURRENT: /tmp/confluent.587467
Starting ZooKeeper
ZooKeeper is [UP]
Starting Kafka
Kafka is [UP]
Starting Schema Registry
Schema Registry is [UP]
Starting Kafka REST
Kafka REST is [UP]
Starting Connect
Error: Connect failed to start
When I run the kafka connect directly, it was able to start the service but there were a few error messages.
WARNING: A provider org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.ConnectorPluginsResource registered in SERVER runtime does not implement any provider interfaces applicable in the SERVER runtime. Due to constraint configuration problems the provider org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.ConnectorPluginsResource will be ignored.
Nov 14, 2021 4:13:28 PM org.glassfish.jersey.internal.inject.Providers checkProviderRuntime
WARNING: A provider org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.ConfluentV1MetadataResource registered in SERVER runtime does not implement any provider interfaces applicable in the SERVER runtime. Due to constraint configuration problems the provider org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.ConfluentV1MetadataResource will be ignored.
Nov 14, 2021 4:13:28 PM org.glassfish.jersey.internal.inject.Providers checkProviderRuntime
WARNING: A provider org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.LoggingResource registered in SERVER runtime does not implement any provider interfaces applicable in the SERVER runtime. Due to constraint configuration problems the provider org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.LoggingResource will be ignored.
ERROR StatusLogger No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console. Set system property 'log4j2.debug' to show Log4j2 internal initialization logging.
Nov 14, 2021 4:13:31 PM org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors logErrors
WARNING: The following warnings have been detected: WARNING: The (sub)resource method listLoggers in org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.LoggingResource contains empty path annotation.
WARNING: The (sub)resource method createConnector in org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.ConnectorsResource contains empty path annotation.
WARNING: The (sub)resource method listConnectors in org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.ConnectorsResource contains empty path annotation.
WARNING: The (sub)resource method listConnectorPlugins in org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.ConnectorPluginsResource contains empty path annotation.
WARNING: The (sub)resource method serverInfo in org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.resources.RootResource contains empty path annotation.
[2021-11-14 16:13:31,592] INFO Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler#20a116a0{/,null,AVAILABLE} (org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler:915)
[2021-11-14 16:13:31,608] INFO REST resources initialized; server is started and ready to handle requests (org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.RestServer:308)
[2021-11-14 16:13:31,608] INFO Kafka Connect started (org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.Connect:57)