kafka-startup-error

Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requirement failed
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.Predef$.require(Predef.scala:212)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.DynamicConfigManager$ConfigChangedNotificationHandler$.processNotification(DynamicConfigManager.scala:90)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.common.ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$anonfun$kafka$common$ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$processNotifications$2$$anonfun$apply$2.apply(ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.scala:95)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.common.ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$anonfun$kafka$common$ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$processNotifications$2$$anonfun$apply$2.apply(ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.scala:95)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:146)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.common.ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$anonfun$kafka$common$ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$processNotifications$2.apply(ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.scala:95)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.common.ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$anonfun$kafka$common$ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$processNotifications$2.apply(ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.scala:90)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.mutable.ResizableArray$class.foreach(ResizableArray.scala:59)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer.foreach(ArrayBuffer.scala:48)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.common.ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.kafka$common$ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener$$processNotifications(ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.scala:90)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.common.ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.processAllNotifications(ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.scala:79)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.common.ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.init(ZkNodeChangeNotificationListener.scala:67)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.DynamicConfigManager.startup(DynamicConfigManager.scala:122)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:233)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:37)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:67)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: [2016-12-08 17:32:06,307] INFO [Kafka Server 3], shutting down (kafka.server.KafkaServer)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: [2016-12-08 17:32:06,309] INFO [Socket Server on Broker 3], Shutting down (kafka.network.SocketServer)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: [2016-12-08 17:32:06,317] ERROR [KafkaApi-3] Error when handling request {topics=[stg.json.topicC]} (kafka.server.KafkaApis)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: kafka.admin.AdminOperationException: replication factor: 1 larger than available brokers: 0
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.admin.AdminUtils$.assignReplicasToBrokers(AdminUtils.scala:117)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.admin.AdminUtils$.createTopic(AdminUtils.scala:403)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.kafka$server$KafkaApis$$createTopic(KafkaApis.scala:629)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis$$anonfun$29.apply(KafkaApis.scala:670)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis$$anonfun$29.apply(KafkaApis.scala:666)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.immutable.Set$Set1.foreach(Set.scala:94)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.AbstractSet.scala$collection$SetLike$$super$map(Set.scala:47)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.SetLike$class.map(SetLike.scala:92)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.AbstractSet.map(Set.scala:47)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.getTopicMetadata(KafkaApis.scala:666)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.handleTopicMetadataRequest(KafkaApis.scala:727)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.handle(KafkaApis.scala:79)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaRequestHandler.run(KafkaRequestHandler.scala:60)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: [2016-12-08 17:32:06,318] ERROR [KafkaApi-3] Error when handling request {topics=[prod.json.topicA]} (kafka.server.KafkaApis)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: kafka.admin.AdminOperationException: replication factor: 1 larger than available brokers: 0
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.admin.AdminUtils$.assignReplicasToBrokers(AdminUtils.scala:117)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.admin.AdminUtils$.createTopic(AdminUtils.scala:403)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.kafka$server$KafkaApis$$createTopic(KafkaApis.scala:629)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis$$anonfun$29.apply(KafkaApis.scala:670)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis$$anonfun$29.apply(KafkaApis.scala:666)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.immutable.Set$Set1.foreach(Set.scala:94)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.AbstractSet.scala$collection$SetLike$$super$map(Set.scala:47)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.SetLike$class.map(SetLike.scala:92)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.AbstractSet.map(Set.scala:47)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.getTopicMetadata(KafkaApis.scala:666)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.handleTopicMetadataRequest(KafkaApis.scala:727)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.handle(KafkaApis.scala:79)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaRequestHandler.run(KafkaRequestHandler.scala:60)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: [2016-12-08 17:32:06,318] ERROR [KafkaApi-3] Error when handling request {topics=[prod.json.topicB]} (kafka.server.KafkaApis)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: kafka.admin.AdminOperationException: replication factor: 1 larger than available brokers: 0
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.admin.AdminUtils$.assignReplicasToBrokers(AdminUtils.scala:117)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.admin.AdminUtils$.createTopic(AdminUtils.scala:403)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.kafka$server$KafkaApis$$createTopic(KafkaApis.scala:629)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis$$anonfun$29.apply(KafkaApis.scala:670)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis$$anonfun$29.apply(KafkaApis.scala:666)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.immutable.Set$Set1.foreach(Set.scala:94)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:234)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.AbstractSet.scala$collection$SetLike$$super$map(Set.scala:47)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.SetLike$class.map(SetLike.scala:92)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at scala.collection.AbstractSet.map(Set.scala:47)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.getTopicMetadata(KafkaApis.scala:666)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.handleTopicMetadataRequest(KafkaApis.scala:727)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaApis.handle(KafkaApis.scala:79)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at kafka.server.KafkaRequestHandler.run(KafkaRequestHandler.scala:60)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]:         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: [2016-12-08 17:32:06,320] INFO [Socket Server on Broker 3], Shutdown completed (kafka.network.SocketServer)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: [2016-12-08 17:32:06,320] INFO [Kafka Request Handler on Broker 3], shutting down (kafka.server.KafkaRequestHandlerPool)
Dec 08 17:32:06 kafka3 docker[9517]: [2016-12-08 17:32:06,322] INFO [Kafka Request Handler on Broker 3], shut down completely (kafka.server.Kafk

Just remove zNodes under '/config' path in Zookeeper. Looks like you have several Kafka server version pointing to the same Zookeeper instance.