I am getting this error with Spark 2. which works with CDH 5.5.1 (Spark 1.5).
Admittedly I am messing around with Spark-shell. However, I am surprised why this does not work with Spark 2 and is ok with CDH 5.1 scala> val dstream = KafkaUtils.createDirectStream[String, String, StringDecoder, StringDecoder](streamingContext, kafkaParams, topics) java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class kafka.consumer.FetchRequestAndResponseStatsRegistry$ at kafka.consumer.SimpleConsumer.<init>(SimpleConsumer.scala:39) at org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaCluster.connect(KafkaCluster.scala:52) at org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaCluster$$anonfun$org$apache$spark$streaming$kafka$KafkaCluster$$withBrokers$1.apply(KafkaCluster.scala:345) at org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaCluster$$anonfun$org$apache$spark$streaming$kafka$KafkaCluster$$withBrokers$1.apply(KafkaCluster.scala:342) at scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foreach(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:33) at scala.collection.mutable.WrappedArray.foreach(WrappedArray.scala:35) at org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaCluster.org $apache$spark$streaming$kafka$KafkaCluster$$withBrokers(KafkaCluster.scala:342) at org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaCluster.getPartitionMetadata(KafkaCluster.scala:125) at org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaCluster.getPartitions(KafkaCluster.scala:112) at org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaUtils$.getFromOffsets(KafkaUtils.scala:211) at org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaUtils$.createDirectStream(KafkaUtils.scala:484) ... 74 elided Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction.
