How do I set the Java options for Kafka?

Question

I\'ve been experimenting with Kafka and saw from the documentation on the main site that you\'re able to set different options for the jvm like heap size and the garbage col

Answer 1

To add generic JVM settings (for example user timezone) you could use KAFKA_OPTS environment variable from kafka-run-class.sh:

# Generic jvm settings you want to add
if [ -z "$KAFKA_OPTS" ]; then
  KAFKA_OPTS=""
fi