[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-1234) All kafka-run-class.sh to source in user config file (to set env vars like KAFKA_OPTS)

["Alex Gray (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Alex Gray created KAFKA-1234:
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             Summary: All kafka-run-class.sh to source in user config file (to set env vars like KAFKA_OPTS)
                 Key: KAFKA-1234
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1234
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: config
    Affects Versions: 0.8.0
            Reporter: Alex Gray
            Priority: Trivial


We are using the distributed version of kafka:
http://apache.mirrors.lucidnetworks.net/kafka/0.8.0/kafka_2.8.0-0.8.0.tar.gz

And we would like to set some environment variables, particularly KAFKA_OPTS when the kafka service starts.

In other words, when someone does a "sudo service kafka start" we would like to set some environment variables.

We cannot do this *without* modifying either /etc/init.d/kafka or bin/kafka-run-class.sh, and we don't want to modify files that we don't own.

The solution is to have kafka source in a user specific file that may have these environment variables set.

I'm attaching the patch file to show you what I mean.



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