[KAFKA-675] Only bind to the interface declared in the 'hostname' config property

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: config, core
• Assignee: Jay Kreps
• Reporter: Matan
• Created: 17/Dec/12 23:43
• Updated: 24/Jan/13 05:34
• Resolved: 21/Dec/12 04:45

Description

At the moment, Kafka always binds to all interfaces (0.0.0.0) which isn't ideal on some environments, even if the 'hostname' config parameter is set.

Kafka should only bind to the interface set in the 'hostname' parameter - which defaults to InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress