Simple Kafka Ubuntu init.d Startup Script

kafka

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

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

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.