Kafka consumer fetching metadata for topics failed

Question

I am attempting to write a Java client for a third party\'s Kafka and ZooKeeper servers. I am able to list and describe topics, but when I attempt to read any, a Close

Answer 1

You have a problem with Zookeeper. 255.255.255.255:2181 is not a valid Zookeeper address; this is a broadcast address on your network or a subnet mask. To make the things work, find the IP Address or hostname of the machine running Zookeeper.