Kafka service script (copy to file: /etc/init.d/kafka)

kafka-service-script

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/kafka: start the kafka daemon.

# chkconfig: - 80 20
# description: kafka

KAFKA_HOME=/usr/share/kafka
KAFKA_USER=root
KAFKA_SCRIPT=$KAFKA_HOME/bin/kafka-server-start.sh
KAFKA_CONFIG=$KAFKA_HOME/config/server.properties
KAFKA_CONSOLE_LOG=/var/log/kafka/console.log

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin

prog=kafka
DESC="kafka daemon"

RETVAL=0
STARTUP_WAIT=30
SHUTDOWN_WAIT=30

KAFKA_PIDFILE=/var/run/kafka/kafka.pid


# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

start() {
  echo -n $"Starting $prog: "

        # Create pid file
        if [ -f $KAFKA_PIDFILE ]; then
                read ppid < $KAFKA_PIDFILE
                if [ `ps --pid $ppid 2> /dev/null | grep -c $ppid 2> /dev/null` -eq '1' ]; then
                        echo -n "$prog is already running"
                        failure
                        echo
                        return 1
                else
                      rm -f $KAFKA_PIDFILE
                fi
        fi

        rm -f $KAFKA_CONSOLE_LOG
        mkdir -p $(dirname $KAFKA_PIDFILE)
        chown $KAFKA_USER $(dirname $KAFKA_PIDFILE) || true
  
        # Run daemon
        cd $KAFKA_HOME
        nohup sh $KAFKA_SCRIPT $KAFKA_CONFIG 2>&1 >> $KAFKA_CONSOLE_LOG 2>&1 &
        PID=$!
        echo $PID > $KAFKA_PIDFILE
        
        count=0
        launched=false
  
        until [ $count -gt $STARTUP_WAIT ]
        do
                grep 'started' $KAFKA_CONSOLE_LOG > /dev/null
                if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
                        launched=true
                        break
                fi
                sleep 1
                let count=$count+1;
        done
  
        success
        echo
        return 0
}


stop() {
        echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
        count=0;

        if [ -f $KAFKA_PIDFILE ]; then
                read kpid < $KAFKA_PIDFILE
                let kwait=$SHUTDOWN_WAIT

                # Try issuing SIGTERM
                kill -15 $kpid
                until [ `ps --pid $kpid 2> /dev/null | grep -c $kpid 2> /dev/null` -eq '0' ] || [ $count -gt $kwait ]
                        do
                        sleep 1
                        let count=$count+1;
                done

                if [ $count -gt $kwait ]; then
                        kill -9 $kpid
                fi
        fi

        rm -f $KAFKA_PIDFILE
        rm -f $KAFKA_CONSOLE_LOG
        success
        echo
}

reload() {
        stop
        start
}

restart() {
        stop
        start
}

status() {
        if [ -f $KAFKA_PIDFILE ]; then
                read ppid < $KAFKA_PIDFILE
                if [ `ps --pid $ppid 2> /dev/null | grep -c $ppid 2> /dev/null` -eq '1' ]; then
                        echo "$prog is running (pid $ppid)"
                        return 0
                else
                      echo "$prog dead but pid file exists"
                        return 1
                fi
        fi
        echo "$prog is not running"
        return 3
}

case "$1" in
start)
        start
        ;;

stop)
        stop
        ;;

reload)
        reload
        ;;

restart)
        restart
        ;;

status)
        status
        ;;
*)

echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac
  
exit $?

I replaced ". /etc/init.d/functions" with ". /lib/lsb/init-functions" to get it running on ubuntu 17.10, maybe this helps others as well ;)

/etc/init.d/functions doesn't exist in some systems (eg Ubuntu 16.04). Can we check for existence?

# Source function library.
INIT_FUNCTIONS=/etc/init.d/functions
if [ -f $INIT_FUNCTIONS ]; then
    . $INIT_FUNCTIONS
fi

Is there any reason for not using kafka-server-stop script for stopping at least for first pass?

Getting the below error for version kafka-1.0.1

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Signal already used by VM: HUP

[2018-03-22 02:50:03,797] FATAL (kafka.Kafka$)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Signal already used by VM: HUP
at com.ibm.misc.SignalDispatcher.registerSignal(SignalDispatcher.java:127)
at sun.misc.Signal.handle(Signal.java:184)
at kafka.Kafka$.registerHandler$1(Kafka.scala:67)
at kafka.Kafka$.registerLoggingSignalHandler(Kafka.scala:75)
at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:85)
at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)