After creating the path, did you get a chance to confirm that it got created correctly ?
Thanks, Neha On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Ryan Chan <ryanchan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry as I am new to Kafka/ZK, but the instruction seems not clear.. > > In the config, it was said that we can use a chroot-ed ZK ( > http://kafka.apache.org/configuration.html), e.g. localhost:2181/kafka > > But when I start the Kafka using the setting, it was showing.. > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0 > at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48) > at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35) > at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:626) > at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87) > at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308) > at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304) > at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675) > at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304) > at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213) > at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223) > at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223) > at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:47) > at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:59) > at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:71) > at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:54) > at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:130) > at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:81) > at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:34) > at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:47) > at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala) > > In an old post ( > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-kafka-users/201205.mbox/%3CCAK152briB=m-oaeaqtcz+cvzjovywbhomx8tubywqguox_y...@mail.gmail.com%3E) > it was saying I need to create the path first, so I use zkCli.sh to connect > to the ZK, and run the command > >>> create /kafka '' > > I restarted the Kafka and still the same error, any idea? > > Thanks.