Error creating Kafka Topics- Replication factor larger than available brokers

Question

I am trying to create topics in Kafka by following the guide on Apache Kafka website through command line. While running the command:

bin/kafka-topics.sh --c         


        

Answer 1

Probably there is leftover, runaway zookeeper on your server from one of the previous deployments. List the pods, containers, processes, etc. and check their age/start time to spot it.