I just updated my kafka 0.8 this morning. After that I am not able to run kafka any more.
The error msg I got is for producer: 13/01/28 11:23:57 ERROR async.DefaultEventHandler: Failed to send messages java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/xerial/snappy/SnappyOutputStream at kafka.message.ByteBufferMessageSet$.kafka$message$ByteBufferMessageSet$$create(ByteBufferMessageSet.scala:41) at kafka.message.ByteBufferMessageSet.<init>(ByteBufferMessageSet.scala:98) at kafka.producer.async.DefaultEventHandler$$anonfun$4.apply(DefaultEventHandler.scala:291) at kafka.producer.async.DefaultEventHandler$$anonfun$4.apply(DefaultEventHandler.scala:279) at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:233) at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:233) at scala.collection.mutable.HashMap$$anonfun$foreach$1.apply(HashMap.scala:95) I noticed the latest version of 0.8 has some changes and the snappy related .jars are removed. As a result, I do not have a jar file to fix this issue. Can you fix it a.s.a.p? We are blocked. Or, provide a snappy jar with the right version? Highly highly appreciated! Jane