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Simple Kafka Ubuntu init.d Startup Script
DAEMON_PATH=/opt/kafka/bin
DAEMON_NAME=kafka
# Check that networking is up.
#[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
PATH=$PATH:$DAEMON_PATH
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
# Start daemon.
echo "Starting $DAEMON_NAME";
nohup $DAEMON_PATH/kafka-server-start.sh -daemon /opt/kafka/config/server.properties
;;
stop)
# Stop daemons.
echo "Shutting down $DAEMON_NAME";
pid=`ps ax | grep -i 'kafka.Kafka' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
kill -9 $pid
else
echo "Kafka was not Running"
fi
;;
restart)
$0 stop
sleep 2
$0 start
;;
status)
pid=`ps ax | grep -i 'kafka.Kafka' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
echo "Kafka is Running as PID: $pid"
else
echo "Kafka is not Running"
fi
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
@pyth0nic
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pyth0nic commented May 2, 2016

Works nicely, cheers!

@sgermain06
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sgermain06 commented Sep 28, 2016

Might want to update that DAEMON_PATH variable to remove the /bin at the end and use the same variable on the config path. My installation of Kafka isn't in /opt/kafka, it's in /usr/local/kafka. This wasn't working because it's trying to start the daemon with the wrong path for the configs. I'm sure a lot of people following install guides online have their Kafka installs in that same path.

@ranjeetranjan
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I have configured successfully but it did not start on startup.

@johnkjohansen-clout
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Don't forget that the init.d script alone won't cause automated start up. Once you have the script in the right place, you need to use chkconfig or sysv-rc-conf to turn ot on for the appropriate run levels.

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