example of final file <br>{ "href" : "http://master02:8080/api/v1/clusters/HDP/configurations?type=kafka-env&tag=version1527250007610", "items" : [ { "href" : "http://master02:8080/api/v1/clusters/HDP26/configurations?type=kafka-env&tag=version1527250007610", "tag" : "version1527250007610", "type" : "kafka-env", "version" : 8, "Config" : { "cluster_name" : "HDP", "stack_id" : "HDP-2.6" }, "properties" : { "content" : "\n#!/bin/bash\n\n# Set KAFKA specific environment variables here.\n\n# The java implementation to use.\nexport JAVA_HOME={{java64_home}}\nexport PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin\nexport PID_DIR={{kafka_pid_dir}}\nexport LOG_DIR={{kafka_log_dir}}\nexport KAFKA_KERBEROS_PARAMS={{kafka_kerberos_params}}\nexport JMX_PORT=9997\n# Add kafka sink to classpath and related depenencies\nif [ -e \"/usr/lib/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink.jar\" ]; then\n export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/lib/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink.jar\n export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/lib/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink/lib/*\nfi\n\nif [ -f /etc/kafka/conf/kafka-ranger-env.sh ]; then\n. /etc/kafka/conf/kafka-ranger-env.sh\nfi\nexport KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS=\"-Xmx8g -Xms8g\"\nKAFKA_JVM_PERFORMANCE_OPTS=\"-XX:MetaspaceSize=96m -XX:+UseG1GC-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 - XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16M-XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=50 - XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=80\n"", "is_supported_kafka_ranger" : "true", "kafka_log_dir" : "/var/log/kafka", "kafka_pid_dir" : "/var/run/kafka", "kafka_user" : "kafka", "kafka_user_nofile_limit" : "128000", "kafka_user_nproc_limit" : "65536" } } ] ... View more

so in that case I prefer to separate the variables as the following: export KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS="-Xmx8g -Xms8g" AND export KAFKA_JVM_PERFORMANCE_OPTS="-XX:MetaspaceSize=96m -XX:+UseG1GC-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 - XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16M-XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=50 - XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=80" can you please confirm that? so both them will be added to kafka-env ... View more

so the steps in https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/193769/how-to-add-variable-in-kafka-env-template-by-api.html are the same steps for ? export KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS="-Xmx8g -Xms8g -XX:MetaspaceSize=96m -XX:+UseG1GC-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 - XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16M-XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=50 - XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=80" ... View more

as export KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS="-Xmx8g -Xms8g -XX:MetaspaceSize=96m -XX:+UseG1GC-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 - XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16M-XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=50 - XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=80" ? ... View more

Or in simple words can we set all "-Xmx8g -Xms8g -XX:MetaspaceSize=96m -XX:+UseG1GC-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 - XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16M-XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=50 - XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=80" in KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS ? ... View more

@Aditya thank you so much for the great answer , I am really appropriate this , about the "-XX:MetaspaceSize=96m -XX:+UseG1GC-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16M-XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=50 -XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=80" , where we can put thiose values , in which variables? ... View more

Did you check the repo path on ambari GUI? , if not created by API and you not see any repo PATH on ambari GUI , you can create the repo manual on ambari GUI , go to admin --> stack and version --> versions --> manage version and click on the version link then you get repo window ... View more