Leader Not Available Kafka in Console Producer

Question

I am trying to use Kafka.
All configurations are done properly but when I try to produce message from console I keep getting the following error

WARN Err         


        

Answer 1

For anyone trying to run kafka on kubernetes and running into this error, this is what finally solved it for me:

You have to either:

1. Add hostname to the pod spec, that way kafka can find itself.

or

2. If using hostPort, then you need hostNetwork: true and dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet

The reason for this is because Kafka needs to talk to itself, and it decides to use the 'advertised' listener/hostname to find itself, rather than using localhost. Even if you have a Service that points the advertised host name at the pod, it is not visible from within the pod. I do not really know why that is the case, but at least there is a workaround.

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: zookeeper-cluster1
  namespace: default
  labels:
    app: zookeeper-cluster1
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: zookeeper-cluster1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        name: zookeeper-cluster1
        app: zookeeper-cluster1
    spec:
      hostname: zookeeper-cluster1
      containers:
      - name: zookeeper-cluster1
        image: wurstmeister/zookeeper:latest
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        ports:
        - containerPort: 2181
        - containerPort: 2888
        - containerPort: 3888

---

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: zookeeper-cluster1
  namespace: default
  labels:
    app: zookeeper-cluster1
spec:
  type: NodePort
  selector:
    app: zookeeper-cluster1
  ports:
  - name: zookeeper-cluster1
    protocol: TCP
    port: 2181
    targetPort: 2181
  - name: zookeeper-follower-cluster1
    protocol: TCP
    port: 2888
    targetPort: 2888
  - name: zookeeper-leader-cluster1
    protocol: TCP
    port: 3888
    targetPort: 3888

---

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: kafka-cluster
  namespace: default
  labels:
    app: kafka-cluster
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: kafka-cluster
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        name: kafka-cluster
        app: kafka-cluster
    spec:
      hostname: kafka-cluster
      containers:
      - name: kafka-cluster
        image: wurstmeister/kafka:latest
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        env:
        - name: KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS
          value: PLAINTEXT://kafka-cluster:9092
        - name: KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT
          value: zookeeper-cluster1:2181
        ports:
        - containerPort: 9092

---

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: kafka-cluster
  namespace: default
  labels:
    app: kafka-cluster
spec:
  type: NodePort
  selector:
    app: kafka-cluster
  ports:
  - name: kafka-cluster
    protocol: TCP
    port: 9092
    targetPort: 9092