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Posted to users@kafka.apache.org by Anu P <ia...@gmail.com> on 2018/03/25 07:19:43 UTC

Number of partitions for offsets topic cannot be changed

Hi,

I am trying to change the number of partitions for __consumer_offsets topic
by using the following command. However, I get an error stating "Number of
partitions for offsets topic cannot be changed"


*/opt/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper <zookeeper> --alter --topic
__consumer_offsets --partitions 54       *


Error while executing topic command : The number of partitions for the
offsets topic cannot be changed.
ERROR java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The number of partitions for the
offsets topic cannot be changed.
at
kafka.admin.TopicCommand$$anonfun$alterTopic$1.apply(TopicCommand.scala:142)
.....



Environment details:

   1. 3 zookeepers and 3 kafka brokers (version 1.0.1)
   2. After deploying kafka, I tried the kafka-topics command (above) to
   increase it partitions. But it fails. Can someone please help me understand
   why? Am I missing something?
   3. I want to distribute partitions leaders equally among brokers. So
   want to increase the number of partitions for offsets topic.


Thanks in advance.

Tanvi

Re: Number of partitions for offsets topic cannot be changed

Posted by Peter Bukowinski <pm...@gmail.com>.
Once the offsets topic has been created, changing any server.properties affecting it will have no effect. If you are pre-production, you can start over using the new server properties. 

By start over, I mean stopping brokers, purging the kafka logs/data directories of all brokers, purging cluster data from zookeepers, then starting brokers again with your desired server properties settings.

-- Peter Bukowinski

> On Mar 25, 2018, at 1:01 PM, Anu P <ia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Swapnil.
> 
> I changed *offsets.topic.num.partitions* in server.properties file and
> restarted the broker. But, still this config change does not take effect.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Tanvi
> 
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 12:30 AM, Swapnil Gupta <ne...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> In brief, this is system level configuration by Kafka.
>> 
>> Consumer offsets partitions can't be changed through command line.
>> 
>> You have to change the configuration file and set this
>> *offsets.topic.num.partitions* property to change this.
>> 
>>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018, 12:49 Anu P <ia...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to change the number of partitions for __consumer_offsets
>> topic
>>> by using the following command. However, I get an error stating "Number
>> of
>>> partitions for offsets topic cannot be changed"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> */opt/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper <zookeeper> --alter --topic
>>> __consumer_offsets --partitions 54       *
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Error while executing topic command : The number of partitions for the
>>> offsets topic cannot be changed.
>>> ERROR java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The number of partitions for
>> the
>>> offsets topic cannot be changed.
>>> at
>>> 
>>> kafka.admin.TopicCommand$$anonfun$alterTopic$1.apply(
>> TopicCommand.scala:142)
>>> .....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Environment details:
>>> 
>>>   1. 3 zookeepers and 3 kafka brokers (version 1.0.1)
>>>   2. After deploying kafka, I tried the kafka-topics command (above) to
>>>   increase it partitions. But it fails. Can someone please help me
>>> understand
>>>   why? Am I missing something?
>>>   3. I want to distribute partitions leaders equally among brokers. So
>>>   want to increase the number of partitions for offsets topic.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>>> Tanvi
>>> 
>> 

Re: Number of partitions for offsets topic cannot be changed

Posted by Anu P <ia...@gmail.com>.
Thanks Swapnil.

I changed *offsets.topic.num.partitions* in server.properties file and
restarted the broker. But, still this config change does not take effect.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
Tanvi

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 12:30 AM, Swapnil Gupta <ne...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> In brief, this is system level configuration by Kafka.
>
> Consumer offsets partitions can't be changed through command line.
>
> You have to change the configuration file and set this
> *offsets.topic.num.partitions* property to change this.
>
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018, 12:49 Anu P <ia...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to change the number of partitions for __consumer_offsets
> topic
> > by using the following command. However, I get an error stating "Number
> of
> > partitions for offsets topic cannot be changed"
> >
> >
> > */opt/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper <zookeeper> --alter --topic
> > __consumer_offsets --partitions 54       *
> >
> >
> > Error while executing topic command : The number of partitions for the
> > offsets topic cannot be changed.
> > ERROR java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The number of partitions for
> the
> > offsets topic cannot be changed.
> > at
> >
> > kafka.admin.TopicCommand$$anonfun$alterTopic$1.apply(
> TopicCommand.scala:142)
> > .....
> >
> >
> >
> > Environment details:
> >
> >    1. 3 zookeepers and 3 kafka brokers (version 1.0.1)
> >    2. After deploying kafka, I tried the kafka-topics command (above) to
> >    increase it partitions. But it fails. Can someone please help me
> > understand
> >    why? Am I missing something?
> >    3. I want to distribute partitions leaders equally among brokers. So
> >    want to increase the number of partitions for offsets topic.
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Tanvi
> >
>

Re: Number of partitions for offsets topic cannot be changed

Posted by Swapnil Gupta <ne...@gmail.com>.
In brief, this is system level configuration by Kafka.

Consumer offsets partitions can't be changed through command line.

You have to change the configuration file and set this
*offsets.topic.num.partitions* property to change this.

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018, 12:49 Anu P <ia...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to change the number of partitions for __consumer_offsets topic
> by using the following command. However, I get an error stating "Number of
> partitions for offsets topic cannot be changed"
>
>
> */opt/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper <zookeeper> --alter --topic
> __consumer_offsets --partitions 54       *
>
>
> Error while executing topic command : The number of partitions for the
> offsets topic cannot be changed.
> ERROR java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The number of partitions for the
> offsets topic cannot be changed.
> at
>
> kafka.admin.TopicCommand$$anonfun$alterTopic$1.apply(TopicCommand.scala:142)
> .....
>
>
>
> Environment details:
>
>    1. 3 zookeepers and 3 kafka brokers (version 1.0.1)
>    2. After deploying kafka, I tried the kafka-topics command (above) to
>    increase it partitions. But it fails. Can someone please help me
> understand
>    why? Am I missing something?
>    3. I want to distribute partitions leaders equally among brokers. So
>    want to increase the number of partitions for offsets topic.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tanvi
>