Apache Kafka error on windows - Couldnot find or load main class QuorumPeerMain

Question

I just downloaded Kafka 2.8.0 from Apache website, and I am trying to setup using the instructions given on the website. But when I try to start zookeper server, I am gettin

Answer 1

I downloaded latest stable Kafka from Apache and instruction mentioned by Matheus Felipe worked as expected.

I downloaded binary option - Scala 2.11 @ http://kafka.apache.org/downloads

Answer 2

Run these commands from your Kafka root folder:

cd bin\windows

Then run Zookeper server:

zookeeper-server-start.bat ..\..\config\zookeeper.properties

Then run Kafka server:

kafka-server-start.bat ..\..\config\server.properties

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The gotcha here is to run the .bat files from the /bin/windows folder, so after you run your servers with the steps above and want to follow up with the tutorial, make sure you are running the correct batch files to create topics and whatnot, e.g.:

Create a topic:

kafka-topics.bat --create --zookeeper localhost:2181 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --topic test

List topics:

kafka-topics.bat --list --zookeeper localhost:2181