Kafka topic cannot be deleted or recreated

user_836318 0
Viewed 1065

I have a Kafka topic that seems to simultaneously exist and not exist.

kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic my-topic --delete

returns an error: 

Topics in [] does not exist

Meanwhile, trying to re-create the topic 

kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic my-topic \
 --create --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1

returns 

Topic already exists

It does not show up in the topics list with 

kafka-topics.sh --list

I suspect some form of corruption but it's no clear how I can fully delete the topic so that it can be re-created

kafka-topic apache-kafka
1 Answers

Instead of passing --bootstrap-server try with --zookeeper 

kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --topic my-topic --delete
user_71317570
Related