[KAFKA-1656] "replica-assignment" option in "bin/kakfa-topics.sh" doesn't work with "alter"

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.1.1
• Component/s: tools
• Labels: newbie
• Environment: all
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: jayden sun
• Created: 29/Sep/14 03:11
• Updated: 19/Jun/15 12:50
• Resolved: 19/Jun/15 12:50

Description

"replica-assignment" option in "bin/kakfa-topics.sh" works only with "-create" and doesn't work with "-alter", but the config comment is somewhat confusing.

For example:
bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --zookeeper 10.0.44.137:2181 --replica-assignment 1:2,1:2 --partitions 2 --topic topic
i use the command above to create a topic with two partitions on broker 1 and 2.
and then i want to change partition count from two to four, and the newly created partition on broker 3 and 4.
So i try the command:
bin/kafka-topics.sh --alter --zookeeper 10.0.44.137:2181 --replica-assignment 3:4,3:4 --partitions 4 --topic topic
But it does not works!!! "replica-assignment" can't be used with "partitions".

What i can do is to add partitions like this:
bin/kafka-topics.sh --alter --zookeeper 10.0.44.137:2181 --partitions 4 --topic topic
and then use the partition reassignment command to change the brokers for newly partitions to 3 and 4.

So,i think "or altered" in the comment for "--replica-assignment" should be removed.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: KAFKA-1947 can't explicitly set replica-assignment when add partitions