Thank you, using export fixed it. Not sure what the difference is though.
Tom On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Marcos Juarez <mjua...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
