Zookeeper issue in setting kafka - apache-zookeeper

Question

To install kafka , I downloaded the kafka tar folder. To start the server I tried this command :
bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties
The following error occured on entering the above command:
INFO Reading configuration from: config/zookeeper.properties (org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerConfig)
[2014-08-21 11:53:55,748] FATAL Invalid config, exiting abnormally (org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerMain)
org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerConfig$ConfigException: Error processing config/zookeeper.properties
at org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerConfig.parse(QuorumPeerConfig.java:110)
at org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerMain.initializeAndRun(QuorumPeerMain.java:99)
at org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerMain.main(QuorumPeerMain.java:76)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: config/zookeeper.properties file is missing
at org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerConfig.parse(QuorumPeerConfig.java:94)
... 2 more
Invalid config, exiting abnormally
Is it that I need to setup zookeeper separately? How could I resolve this?

Answer 1

For Windows:
Go to kafka_2.11-2.0.0\bin\windows folder
Then run zookeeper-server-start.bat ../../config/zookeeper.properties

Answer 2

This is basically because of this
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: config/zookeeper.properties file is missing
it would be really useful if you could share what exactly have you done so far. Also check if the same file exists at the said location and you are running the command from the correct location .. it is supposed to be run from your $KAFKA_HOME folder (where you've extracted the tar file)

Answer 3

I too faced the same issue when I installed kafka from Brew on Macbook
This is happening because the zookeeper.properties file is not in config of bin.
Follow these step.
Enter the command---> cd /usr/local/Cellar/kafka/2.3.0
Enter the command ---->cd libex
Now enter the command--->zookeeper-server-start config/zookeeper.properties
You will get the INFO binding to port 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:2181 (org.apache.zookeeper.server.NIOServerCnxnFactory) Message.
Earlier I was getting this error:
$ zookeeper-server-start config/zookeeper.properties
[2019-10-02 14:35:20,159] INFO Reading configuration from: config/zookeeper.properties (org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerConfig)
[2019-10-02 14:35:20,160] ERROR Invalid config, exiting abnormally (org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerMain)
org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerConfig$ConfigException: Error processing config/zookeeper.properties
at org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerConfig.parse(QuorumPeerConfig.java:156)
at org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerMain.initializeAndRun(QuorumPeerMain.java:104)
at org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerMain.main(QuorumPeerMain.java:81)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: config/zookeeper.properties file is missing
at org.apache.zookeeper.server.quorum.QuorumPeerConfig.parse(QuorumPeerConfig.java:140)
... 2 more
Invalid config, exiting abnormally

Answer 4

I saw when you run the above command it doesn't take config file. So if you Put complete path like c:\Kafka\config\zookeeper.properties... this works.

Answer 5

I faced the exact same error, and after a while I realized that the reason for the error was, I wasn't able to find the zookeeper.properties file, and that was because the path wasn't correct, I installed kafka through brew so the config folder was created inside libexec, so find where the config directory is and check for zookeeper.properties inside it and give that path.

Answer 6

Had the same issue.
I was following this guide and step 2 mentions to run this command:
bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties
I had 2 problems, that first was that I wasn't inside the root directory of the file you untar and the second was that I didn't copy the complete command. Make sure both of them are correct and try again.

Answer 7

Just make sure that whether /config folder exist or not.
Try to type properties directly. e.g. zookeeper-server-start zookeeper.properties
I installed it with homebrew, it works.

Answer 8

This happens because bin/windows is added to the path but kafka/config is not.
Just navigate to your kafka folder and then try to run.
I am adding screenshot if it can help.
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Answer 9

You can use Powershell as an alternative to CMD.
Consider myKafka is your kafka home directory, Extract your kafka tar file here.
Extracted folder(KafkaDir) will be having ./bin,/config, etc. internal folders.
Now, open Powershell prompt, go to myKafka folder.
Run below command:
.\kafkaDir\bin\windows\zookeeper-server-start.bat
.\kafkaDir\config\zookeeper.properties
Zookeeper will get start.

Answer 10

You need to fix the absolute path to:
$KAFKA_HOME/config/zookeeper.properties
For me I used:
$KAFKA_HOME = /usr/local/kafka

Answer 11

In \bin\windows\kafka-run-class.bat add the file content
rem Classpath addition for release
for %%i in ("%BASE_DIR%\libs\*") do (
call :concat "%%i"
)
// Section to Add
rem Classpath addition for LSB style path
if exist %BASE_DIR%\share\java\kafka\* (
call :concat %BASE_DIR%\share\java\kafka\*
)
**
// Above Section to Add
rem Classpath addition for core
for %%i in ("%BASE_DIR%\core\build\libs\kafka_%SCALA_BINARY_VERSION%*.jar") do (
call :concat "%%i"

Answer 12

Have to run in from Kafka home directory, but you are running from the bin.