Tom, I haven't used env before. When setting environment variables for scripts, I use export. I posted the scripts I use locally below. Hope they're helpful.
$ cat kafka1.sh #/bin/bash export JMX_PORT=9991 ../bin/kafka-server-start.sh ../config/server1.properties $ cat kafka2.sh #/bin/bash export JMX_PORT=9992 ../bin/kafka-server-start.sh ../config/server2.properties Marcos On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:07 AM, Tom <tommed...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm doing exactly that Marcos as follows from what I said originally: > > "To set JMX's port I am using the following to run the server: > > env JMX_PORT=10000 && bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server2.properties" > > To clarify, this is how I start the second server. The first server is > started with JMX port 9999. > > Tom > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Marcos Juarez <mjua...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You need to specify a different JMX port for the second Kafka server, since >> both JVM's will need one. >> >> You could set it to x, then run the first server, then set it to to x+1, and >> run the second server. That's how I set it up for local testing. >> >> Marcos >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 27, 2012, at 23:20, Tom <tommed...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I would like to test my kafka cluster on a single machine for testing >>> purposes. >>> >>> As such I have created 3 config files, server.properties, >>> server2.properties and server3.properties. Each server config file has >>> a port that is one higher than the previous one (8182, 8183, 8184). >>> >>> To set JMX's port I am using the following to run the server: >>> >>> env JMX_PORT=10000 && bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server2.properties >>> >>> This results in the following output: >>> >>> https://gist.github.com/3967703 >>> >>> As you can see, after some initialization, it throws a: >>> >>> Error: Exception thrown by the agent : >>> java.rmi.server.ExportException: Port already in use: 9999; nested >>> exception is: >>> java.net.BindException: Address already in use >>> >>> Regards, >>> Tom
