Hi *Team*, I am following the steps mentioned here https://kafka.apache.org/quickstart to Install the Kafka.
*Windows* 11 *Kafka Version* https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/kafka/3.5.0/kafka_2.13-3.5.0.tgz *64 Bit Operating System* *Step1: Generate the Cluster UUID* $KAFKA_CLUSTER_ID=.\bin\windows\kafka-storage.bat random-uuid *Step2: Format Log Directories* .\bin\windows\kafka-storage.bat format -t $KAFKA_CLUSTER_ID -c .\config\kraft\server.properties *Step3: Start the Kafka Server* .\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\config\kraft\server.properties I am getting the error. Logs are attached Could you please help me to sort this error. Kindly let me know, if you need any more information. - Best Sumanshu Nankana
[2023-09-04 22:16:25,770] INFO Initialized snapshots with IDs SortedSet() from C:\Users\suman\Downloads\kafka\.\data\kraft-combined-logs\__cluster_metadata-0 (kafka.raft.KafkaMetadataLog$) [2023-09-04 22:16:25,802] INFO [raft-expiration-reaper]: Starting (kafka.raft.TimingWheelExpirationService$ExpiredOperationReaper) [2023-09-04 22:16:25,973] ERROR [SharedServer id=1] Got exception while starting SharedServer (kafka.server.SharedServer) java.io.UncheckedIOException: Error while writing the Quorum status from the file C:\Users\suman\Downloads\kafka\.\data\kraft-combined-logs\__cluster_metadata-0\quorum-state at org.apache.kafka.raft.FileBasedStateStore.writeElectionStateToFile(FileBasedStateStore.java:155) at org.apache.kafka.raft.FileBasedStateStore.writeElectionState(FileBasedStateStore.java:128) at org.apache.kafka.raft.QuorumState.transitionTo(QuorumState.java:477) at org.apache.kafka.raft.QuorumState.initialize(QuorumState.java:212) at org.apache.kafka.raft.KafkaRaftClient.initialize(KafkaRaftClient.java:370) at kafka.raft.KafkaRaftManager.buildRaftClient(RaftManager.scala:248) at kafka.raft.KafkaRaftManager.<init>(RaftManager.scala:174) at kafka.server.SharedServer.start(SharedServer.scala:247) at kafka.server.SharedServer.startForController(SharedServer.scala:129) at kafka.server.ControllerServer.startup(ControllerServer.scala:197) at kafka.server.KafkaRaftServer.$anonfun$startup$1(KafkaRaftServer.scala:95) at kafka.server.KafkaRaftServer.$anonfun$startup$1$adapted(KafkaRaftServer.scala:95) at scala.Option.foreach(Option.scala:437) at kafka.server.KafkaRaftServer.startup(KafkaRaftServer.scala:95) at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:113) at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala) Caused by: java.nio.file.FileSystemException: C:\Users\suman\Downloads\kafka\.\data\kraft-combined-logs\__cluster_metadata-0\quorum-state.tmp -> C:\Users\suman\Downloads\kafka\.\data\kraft-combined-logs\__cluster_metadata-0\quorum-state: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:92) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileCopy.move(WindowsFileCopy.java:414) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.move(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:291) at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.move(Files.java:1429) at org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils.atomicMoveWithFallback(Utils.java:950) at org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils.atomicMoveWithFallback(Utils.java:933) at org.apache.kafka.raft.FileBasedStateStore.writeElectionStateToFile(FileBasedStateStore.java:152) ... 15 more Suppressed: java.nio.file.FileSystemException: C:\Users\suman\Downloads\kafka\.\data\kraft-combined-logs\__cluster_metadata-0\quorum-state.tmp -> C:\Users\suman\Downloads\kafka\.\data\kraft-combined-logs\__cluster_metadata-0\quorum-state: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:92) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:103) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileCopy.move(WindowsFileCopy.java:328) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.move(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:291) at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.move(Files.java:1429) at org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils.atomicMoveWithFallback(Utils.java:947) ... 17 more [2023-09-04 22:16:25,973] INFO [ControllerServer id=1] Waiting for controller quorum voters future (kafka.server.ControllerServer) [2023-09-04 22:16:25,973] INFO [ControllerServer id=1] Finished waiting for controller quorum voters future (kafka.server.ControllerServer) [2023-09-04 22:16:25,989] ERROR Encountered fatal fault: caught exception (org.apache.kafka.server.fault.ProcessTerminatingFaultHandler) java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "kafka.raft.KafkaRaftManager.apiVersions()" because the return value of "kafka.server.SharedServer.raftManager()" is null at kafka.server.ControllerServer.startup(ControllerServer.scala:210) at kafka.server.KafkaRaftServer.$anonfun$startup$1(KafkaRaftServer.scala:95) at kafka.server.KafkaRaftServer.$anonfun$startup$1$adapted(KafkaRaftServer.scala:95) at scala.Option.foreach(Option.scala:437) at kafka.server.KafkaRaftServer.startup(KafkaRaftServer.scala:95) at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:113) at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)