but in case under /hdp we have also sub folders , then what we can do ? ... View more

@Michael Bronson Just create the home directory as follows # su - hdfs $ hdfs dfs -mkdir /user/slider $ hdfs dfs -chown slider:hdfs /user/slider That should be enough .. good luck ... View more

@Geoffrey - thank you for the excellent answer , little question , could you please help me with this thread - https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/239890/kafka-what-could-be-the-reasons-for-kafka-broker-i.html ... View more

@Geoffrey - yes all hosts and IP's have resolving ... View more

@Michael Bronson If you have exhausted all other avenues YES, Step 1 Check and compare the /usr/hdp/current/kafka-broker symlinks Step 2 Download both env'es as backup from the problematic and functioning cluster Upload the functioning cluster env to the problematic one, since you have a backup Start kafka through ambari Step 3 sed -i 's/verify=platform_default/verify=disable/'/etc/python/cert-verification.cfg Step 4 Lastly, if the above steps don't remedy the issue, then remove and -re-install the ambari-agent and remember to manually point to the correct ambari server in the ambari-agent.ini ... View more