Cannot create kafka topic

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I cannot create Kafka topic from GCE

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aa@kafka-1-vm:~$ sudo systemctl restart kafka

aa@kafka-1-vm:~$ bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --topic test_cdc
-bash: bin/kafka-topics.sh: No such file or directory

aa@kafka-1-vm:~$ kafka-topics.sh --create --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --
topic test_cdc

Exception in thread "main" joptsimple.UnrecognizedOptionException: bootstrap-server is not a recognized option
        at joptsimple.OptionException.unrecognizedOption(OptionException.java:108)
        at joptsimple.OptionParser.handleLongOptionToken(OptionParser.java:510)
        at joptsimple.OptionParserState$2.handleArgument(OptionParserState.java:56)
        at joptsimple.OptionParser.parse(OptionParser.java:396)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand$TopicCommandOptions.<init>(TopicCommand.scala:361)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand$.main(TopicCommand.scala:44)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand.main(TopicCommand.scala)

provide more details otherwise you will negative marked soon. Provide with proper indentation also. — Inder R Singh, Jul 13 '19 at 23:25
Possible duplicate of [Why is kafka not creating a topic?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55494988/why-is-kafka-not-creating-a-topic) — OneCricketeer, Jul 15 '19 at 04:42
GCE isn't the issue. You could run the same command on any machine, and expect the same results — OneCricketeer, Jul 15 '19 at 04:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '20 at 07:49

If you use version older than 2.2 you should use "--zookeeper" option and pass connection string to zookeeper (check your kafka version).

Command would be something like this: kafka-topics.sh --create --zookeeper localhost:2181 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --topic test_cdc

[before your command] kafka-topics.sh --create --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --topic test_cdc

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '22 at 12:31

In the latest version kafka_2.12-3.1.0 (2022) after unzipping and setting the properties and logs. keep the Kafka folder on the C drive and always run the command prompt with 'run as administrator'. The .bat file is for windows

Terminal 1

C:\kafka\bin\windows>zookeeper-server-start.bat ..\..\config\zookeeper.properties

Terminal 2

C:\kafka\bin\windows>kafka-server-start.bat ..\..\config\server.properties

Terminal 3

C:\kafka\bin\windows>kafka-topics.bat --create --topic tutorialGB --bootstrap-server localhost:9092

Created topic tutorialGB.

To checklist of topic created

C:\kafka\bin\windows>kafka-topics.bat --list --bootstrap-server localhost:9092

tutorialGB

Cannot create kafka topic

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