https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Replication+tools has more details. The ShutdownBroker tool does not return anything. i.e., it does not exit with a System.exit code to pass back to a shell. it only logs if controlled shutdown was complete or not. You will need to configure the number of shutdown retries and retry interval suitably for the controlled shutdown to complete. E.g., if you have a very large number of partitions led by a broker it may take more time to do a controlled shutdown on that broker (because leaders need to be moved). (This yet another reason why we recommend that you maintain even distribution of leaders - this can be accomplished by running the PreferredReplicaLeaderElection command.)
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Vadim Keylis <vkeylis2...@gmail.com> wrote: > We have deployed kafka 0.8 beta1. It was my understanding that > ShutdownBroker program needs be used to initiate proper shutdown of the > server. We are going to use this script in automated fashion. Does the > script return meaningful error code that can be capture by calling script > and act up on? What other proper ways to shutdown kafka 08? > > Thanks, > Vadim
