On CentOS the equivalent is files in /etc/sysconfig. As with /etc/default, they are per service settings exactly as you want and exactly to solve the problem you have. There is no need to change Kafka to behave in a non-standard way in its startup scripts.
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Alex Gray (JIRA) <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1234?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13888339#comment-13888339] > > Alex Gray commented on KAFKA-1234: > ---------------------------------- > > True, but the problem is that I don't want to set system wide env vars; I > only want to set it for the specific service that I run. > The "service" command strips out all environment variables (at least on > centos or AWS OS), so unless the init.d file is sourcing in something, I > don't think I can set those env vars... they will just get stripped out. > Here is an explanation of the "service" command stripping out env vars: > > http://serverfault.com/questions/374404/service-command-and-environment-variables > > I haven't tried setting the vars in /etc/default, but I will try tomorrow. > > > All kafka-run-class.sh to source in user config file (to set env vars > like KAFKA_OPTS) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Key: KAFKA-1234 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1234 > > Project: Kafka > > Issue Type: Improvement > > Components: config > > Affects Versions: 0.8.0 > > Reporter: Alex Gray > > Priority: Trivial > > Attachments: patch.txt > > > > > > We are using the distributed version of kafka: > > > http://apache.mirrors.lucidnetworks.net/kafka/0.8.0/kafka_2.8.0-0.8.0.tar.gz > > And we would like to set some environment variables, particularly > KAFKA_OPTS when the kafka service starts. > > In other words, when someone does a "sudo service kafka start" we would > like to set some environment variables. > > We cannot do this *without* modifying either /etc/init.d/kafka or > bin/kafka-run-class.sh, and we don't want to modify files that we don't own. > > The solution is to have kafka source in a user specific file that may > have these environment variables set. > > I'm attaching the patch file to show you what I mean. > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.1.5#6160) >
