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[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-294) "Path length must be > 0" error during startup

"Path length must be > 0" error during startup
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                 Key: KAFKA-294
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-294
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Thomas Dudziak


When starting Kafka 0.7.0 using zkclient-0.1.jar, I get this error:

{noformat}
INFO 2012-03-06 02:39:04,072  main kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper Registering broker /brokers/ids/1
FATAL 2012-03-06 02:39:04,111  main kafka.server.KafkaServer Fatal error during startup.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0
        at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48)
        at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35)
        at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:620)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:48)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:60)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:72)
        at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:57)
        at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:124)
        at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:80)
        at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:47)
        at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:60)
        at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
{noformat}

The problem seems to be this code in {{ZkClient}}'s {{createPersistent}} method:

{code:java}
String parentDir = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/'));
createPersistent(parentDir, createParents);
createPersistent(path, createParents);
{code}
which doesn't check for whether {{parentDir}} is an empty string, which it will become for {{/brokers/ids/1}} after two recursions.


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[jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-294) "Path length must be > 0" error during startup

Posted by "Jun Rao (Commented) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
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Jun Rao commented on KAFKA-294:
-------------------------------

Are you using namespace in ZK connection string? If so, the typical problem is that the namespace is not present. You have to manually create the namespace in ZK.
                
> "Path length must be > 0" error during startup
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-294
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-294
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Thomas Dudziak
>
> When starting Kafka 0.7.0 using zkclient-0.1.jar, I get this error:
> INFO 2012-03-06 02:39:04,072  main kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper Registering broker /brokers/ids/1
> FATAL 2012-03-06 02:39:04,111  main kafka.server.KafkaServer Fatal error during startup.
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:620)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:48)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:60)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:72)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:57)
>         at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:124)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:80)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:47)
>         at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:60)
>         at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
> The problem seems to be this code in ZkClient's createPersistent method:
> String parentDir = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/'));
> createPersistent(parentDir, createParents);
> createPersistent(path, createParents);
> which doesn't check for whether parentDir is an empty string, which it will become for /brokers/ids/1 after two recursions.

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[jira] [Reopened] (KAFKA-294) "Path length must be > 0" error during startup

Posted by "Jay Kreps (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
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Jay Kreps reopened KAFKA-294:
-----------------------------


I think we can fix this so it gives a more intuitive error message that explains the problem. No one will be able to figure this out otherwise.
                
> "Path length must be > 0" error during startup
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-294
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-294
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Thomas Dudziak
>
> When starting Kafka 0.7.0 using zkclient-0.1.jar, I get this error:
> INFO 2012-03-06 02:39:04,072  main kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper Registering broker /brokers/ids/1
> FATAL 2012-03-06 02:39:04,111  main kafka.server.KafkaServer Fatal error during startup.
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:620)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:48)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:60)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:72)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:57)
>         at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:124)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:80)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:47)
>         at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:60)
>         at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
> The problem seems to be this code in ZkClient's createPersistent method:
> String parentDir = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/'));
> createPersistent(parentDir, createParents);
> createPersistent(path, createParents);
> which doesn't check for whether parentDir is an empty string, which it will become for /brokers/ids/1 after two recursions.

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[jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-294) "Path length must be > 0" error during startup

Posted by "Thomas Dudziak (Resolved) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
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Thomas Dudziak resolved KAFKA-294.
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    Resolution: Invalid
    
> "Path length must be > 0" error during startup
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-294
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-294
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Thomas Dudziak
>
> When starting Kafka 0.7.0 using zkclient-0.1.jar, I get this error:
> INFO 2012-03-06 02:39:04,072  main kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper Registering broker /brokers/ids/1
> FATAL 2012-03-06 02:39:04,111  main kafka.server.KafkaServer Fatal error during startup.
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:620)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:48)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:60)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:72)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:57)
>         at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:124)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:80)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:47)
>         at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:60)
>         at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
> The problem seems to be this code in ZkClient's createPersistent method:
> String parentDir = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/'));
> createPersistent(parentDir, createParents);
> createPersistent(path, createParents);
> which doesn't check for whether parentDir is an empty string, which it will become for /brokers/ids/1 after two recursions.

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[jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-294) "Path length must be > 0" error during startup

Posted by "Thomas Dudziak (Updated) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
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Thomas Dudziak updated KAFKA-294:
---------------------------------

    Description: 
When starting Kafka 0.7.0 using zkclient-0.1.jar, I get this error:

INFO 2012-03-06 02:39:04,072  main kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper Registering broker /brokers/ids/1
FATAL 2012-03-06 02:39:04,111  main kafka.server.KafkaServer Fatal error during startup.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0
        at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48)
        at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35)
        at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:620)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:48)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:60)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:72)
        at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:57)
        at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:124)
        at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:80)
        at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:47)
        at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:60)
        at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)

The problem seems to be this code in ZkClient's createPersistent method:

String parentDir = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/'));
createPersistent(parentDir, createParents);
createPersistent(path, createParents);

which doesn't check for whether parentDir is an empty string, which it will become for /brokers/ids/1 after two recursions.


  was:
When starting Kafka 0.7.0 using zkclient-0.1.jar, I get this error:

{noformat}
INFO 2012-03-06 02:39:04,072  main kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper Registering broker /brokers/ids/1
FATAL 2012-03-06 02:39:04,111  main kafka.server.KafkaServer Fatal error during startup.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0
        at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48)
        at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35)
        at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:620)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
        at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:48)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:60)
        at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:72)
        at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:57)
        at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:124)
        at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:80)
        at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:47)
        at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:60)
        at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
{noformat}

The problem seems to be this code in {{ZkClient}}'s {{createPersistent}} method:

{code:java}
String parentDir = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/'));
createPersistent(parentDir, createParents);
createPersistent(path, createParents);
{code}
which doesn't check for whether {{parentDir}} is an empty string, which it will become for {{/brokers/ids/1}} after two recursions.


    
> "Path length must be > 0" error during startup
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-294
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-294
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Thomas Dudziak
>
> When starting Kafka 0.7.0 using zkclient-0.1.jar, I get this error:
> INFO 2012-03-06 02:39:04,072  main kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper Registering broker /brokers/ids/1
> FATAL 2012-03-06 02:39:04,111  main kafka.server.KafkaServer Fatal error during startup.
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:620)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:48)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:60)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:72)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:57)
>         at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:124)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:80)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:47)
>         at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:60)
>         at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
> The problem seems to be this code in ZkClient's createPersistent method:
> String parentDir = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/'));
> createPersistent(parentDir, createParents);
> createPersistent(path, createParents);
> which doesn't check for whether parentDir is an empty string, which it will become for /brokers/ids/1 after two recursions.

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[jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-294) "Path length must be > 0" error during startup

Posted by "Thomas Dudziak (Commented) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
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Thomas Dudziak commented on KAFKA-294:
--------------------------------------

Ah I see, this is very non-descriptive error then. Maybe you could add this to the documentation/FAQ (or make the error more descriptive) ?
                
> "Path length must be > 0" error during startup
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-294
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-294
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Thomas Dudziak
>
> When starting Kafka 0.7.0 using zkclient-0.1.jar, I get this error:
> INFO 2012-03-06 02:39:04,072  main kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper Registering broker /brokers/ids/1
> FATAL 2012-03-06 02:39:04,111  main kafka.server.KafkaServer Fatal error during startup.
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path length must be > 0
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:48)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.common.PathUtils.validatePath(PathUtils.java:35)
>         at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:620)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkConnection.create(ZkConnection.java:87)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:308)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient$1.call(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.retryUntilConnected(ZkClient.java:675)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.create(ZkClient.java:304)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:213)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient.createPersistent(ZkClient.java:223)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createParentPath(ZkUtils.scala:48)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPath(ZkUtils.scala:60)
>         at kafka.utils.ZkUtils$.createEphemeralPathExpectConflict(ZkUtils.scala:72)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaZooKeeper.registerBrokerInZk(KafkaZooKeeper.scala:57)
>         at kafka.log.LogManager.startup(LogManager.scala:124)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:80)
>         at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:47)
>         at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:60)
>         at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
> The problem seems to be this code in ZkClient's createPersistent method:
> String parentDir = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf('/'));
> createPersistent(parentDir, createParents);
> createPersistent(path, createParents);
> which doesn't check for whether parentDir is an empty string, which it will become for /brokers/ids/1 after two recursions.

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