kafka loses all topics on reboot

Question

I\'m trying out Kafka (0.8.2.1) in a VM, but am having trouble with it: though everything is fine while the machine remains on (even if I restart ZK/Kafka), if I reboot the

Answer 1

Looks like the default location for logs is in the /tmp directory which gets wiped on reboot. Change that location in the config to a more permanent location.