Upstart script for Kafka

kafka-upstart.conf

description "Kafka Broker"
 
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on starting rc RUNLEVEL=[016]
 
respawn
respawn limit 2 5
 
env CONFIG_HOME="/etc/kafka"
env KAFKA_HOME="/usr/lib/kafka"
umask 007
 
kill timeout 300
 
pre-start script
    [ -r "${CONFIG_HOME}/server.properties" ]
end script
 
limit nofile 32768 32768
 
script
  KAFKA_ENABLED="no"
  [ -e "/etc/default/kafka" ] && . "/etc/default/kafka"
 
  if [ "x$KAFKA_ENABLED" = "xyes" ]; then
    exec start-stop-daemon --start --chuid kafka --name kafka \
      --exec ${KAFKA_HOME}/bin/kafka-server-start.sh -- ${CONFIG_HOME}/server.properties
  fi
end script