Could you try the 0.8.2.0 release? We did fix an issue (KAFKA-1738) that could fail the topic creation.
Thanks, Jun On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Xinyi Su <xiny...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > -bash-4.1$ bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper <zkhosst>:2181 --create --topic > zerg.hydra --partitions 3 --replication-factor 2 > Created topic "zerg.hydra". > > -bash-4.1$ ls -lrt /tmp/kafka-logs/zerg.hydra-2 > total 0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 users 0 Feb 3 02:58 00000000000000000000.log > -rw-r--r-- 1 users 10485760 Feb 3 02:58 00000000000000000000.index > > We can see the topic partition directory is created after the shell command > is executed since I have not sent any data yet. > But this shell command is not always executed successfully, sometimes it > fails to create the directory for topic-partition. > > Besides, the broker number is greater than replication factor in my kafka > cluster. > > Thanks. > Xinyi > > On 2 February 2015 at 22:24, Gwen Shapira <gshap...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > IIRC, the directory is only created after you send data to the topic. > > > > Do you get errors when your producer sends data? > > > > Another common issue is that you specify replication-factor 3 when you > > have fewer than 3 brokers. > > > > Gwen > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:34 AM, Xinyi Su <xiny...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am using Kafka_2.9.2-0.8.2-beta. When I use kafka-topic.sh to create > > > topic, I observed sometimes the topic is not really created > successfully > > as > > > the output shows in console. > > > > > > Below is my command line: > > > > > > # bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper <xxx>:2181 --create --topic > zerg.hydra > > > --partitions 3 --replication-factor 3 > > > > > > The command prompts "created topic xxx", but local storage directory > used > > > for this topic under "log.dirs" does not created at all. Normally, > there > > > should be some folders like zerg.hydra-0, zerg.hydra-1... just named > > > according to partion id and assignment policy. > > > > > > I come across this issue about four times, the disk is not full and > > > directory access permission is legal. Do you know about the cause of > this > > > issue? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Xinyi > > >
