[PHOENIX-4516] Phoenix Kafka plugin returns the following message Exception in thread "main" org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigException: Missing required configuration "partition.assignment.strategy" which has no default value.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Patch Available
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 4.13.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.13.1

Environment

the Phoenix Kafka plugin webpage has incomplete example for filling out consumer properties files.

• Assignee: Artem Ervits
• Reporter: Artem Ervits
• Created: 04/Jan/18 15:28
• Updated: 04/Jan/18 15:45

Description

getting the following message

Exception in thread "main" org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigException: Missing required configuration "partition.assignment.strategy" which has no default value.
	at org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigDef.parse(ConfigDef.java:124)
	at org.apache.kafka.common.config.AbstractConfig.<init>(AbstractConfig.java:48)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig.<init>(ConsumerConfig.java:194)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.<init>(KafkaConsumer.java:430)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.<init>(KafkaConsumer.java:413)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.<init>(KafkaConsumer.java:400)
	at org.apache.phoenix.kafka.consumer.PhoenixConsumer.intializeKafka(PhoenixConsumer.java:128)
	at org.apache.phoenix.kafka.consumer.PhoenixConsumer.intializeKafka(PhoenixConsumer.java:99)
	at org.apache.phoenix.kafka.consumer.PhoenixConsumer.<init>(PhoenixConsumer.java:68)
	at org.apache.phoenix.kafka.consumer.PhoenixConsumerTool.run(PhoenixConsumerTool.java:98)
	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:76)
	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:90)
	at org.apache.phoenix.kafka.consumer.PhoenixConsumerTool.main(PhoenixConsumerTool.java:104)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:239)
	at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:153)