Simple Kafka Ubuntu init.d Startup Script

kafka

DAEMON_PATH=/opt/kafka/bin
DAEMON_NAME=kafka
# Check that networking is up.
#[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0

PATH=$PATH:$DAEMON_PATH

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        # Start daemon.
        echo "Starting $DAEMON_NAME";
        nohup $DAEMON_PATH/kafka-server-start.sh -daemon /opt/kafka/config/server.properties
        ;;
  stop)
        # Stop daemons.
        echo "Shutting down $DAEMON_NAME";
        pid=`ps ax | grep -i 'kafka.Kafka' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
        if [ -n "$pid" ]
          then
          kill -9 $pid
        else
          echo "Kafka was not Running"
        fi
        ;;
  restart)
        $0 stop
        sleep 2
        $0 start
        ;;
  status)
        pid=`ps ax | grep -i 'kafka.Kafka' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
        if [ -n "$pid" ]
          then
          echo "Kafka is Running as PID: $pid"
        else
          echo "Kafka is not Running"
        fi
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0

Might want to update that DAEMON_PATH variable to remove the /bin at the end and use the same variable on the config path. My installation of Kafka isn't in /opt/kafka, it's in /usr/local/kafka. This wasn't working because it's trying to start the daemon with the wrong path for the configs. I'm sure a lot of people following install guides online have their Kafka installs in that same path.

I have configured successfully but it did not start on startup.

Don't forget that the init.d script alone won't cause automated start up. Once you have the script in the right place, you need to use chkconfig or sysv-rc-conf to turn ot on for the appropriate run levels.