Re: Compatibility between different versions of Kafka server and kafka-clients library

2016-05-31 Thread Ismael Juma
Yes, if you read the upgrade documentation, you'll see "it is important to upgrade your Kafka clusters before upgrading your clients" mentioned: http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#upgrade It is also a common question in the mailing lists. It should probably be in the FAQ. Ismael On Tue,

Re: Compatibility between different versions of Kafka server and kafka-clients library

2016-05-31 Thread Mikael Ståldal
Is this documented somewhere? On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Ismael Juma wrote: > Hi Mikael, > > This is expected. Older clients work with newer brokers, but newer clients > don't work with older brokers. > > Ismael > On 30 May 2016 17:29, "Mikael Ståldal" wrote: > > > I am experiencing compa

Re: Compatibility between different versions of Kafka server and kafka-clients library

2016-05-30 Thread Ismael Juma
Hi Mikael, This is expected. Older clients work with newer brokers, but newer clients don't work with older brokers. Ismael On 30 May 2016 17:29, "Mikael Ståldal" wrote: > I am experiencing compatibility issues between different versions of Kafka > server and kafka-clients library. > > kafka-cl