Kafka Team, I am using high level consumer API as shown below to read contents from the topic.
Properties props = new Properties(); props.put("zookeeper.connect" ,"localhost:2181"); props.put" zookeeper.session.timeout.ms" ,"10000"); props.put("zookeeper.sync.time.ms" ,200); props.put("auto.commit.interval.ms" ,"1000"); props.put("consumer.timeout.ms" ,"120000" props.put("group.id" ,"TEST123"); ConsumerConfig config = new ConsumerConfig(props); ConsumerConnector consumer = kafka.consumer.Consumer .createJavaConsumerConnector(config); Map<String, Integer> topicCountMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>(); topicCountMap.put("TEST", new Integer(1)); Map<String, List<KafkaStream<byte[], byte[]>>> consumerMap = consumer.createMessageStreams(topicCountMap); List<KafkaStream<byte[], byte[]>> streams = consumerMap.get("TEST"); // now launch all the threads ThreadPoolExecutor executor = resource.getExecutor(); // now create an object to consume the messages for (final KafkaStream<byte[], byte[]> stream : streams) { TestTask task = new TestTask(stream); executor.submit(task); } And the Testtask is just printing the messages. The kafka logger shows the below statement Consumer APP51_DFGHSFV1-1406836437053-9ed3b6a7 selected partitions : YYYY:0: fetched offset = -1: consumed offset = -1,YYYY:1: fetched offset = -1: consumed offset = -1 - [APP51_DFGHSFV1-1406836437053-9ed3b6a7], Even when the fetched and consumed offset displays -1, I am not getting the messages from the beginning The retention window policy is set as -log.retention.hours=168 If I produce new messages, then those messages are consumed and I can see the logged statements If I use the simple consumer API and specify the starting offset as 0, then I am able to read from the beginning Are there any settings that would enable for new consumer group to read messages from the beginning? Thanks, Srividhya This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, proprietary and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please delete it immediately.