error - zookeeper server pid Permission denied FAILED TO WRITE PID

Question

Hi,

I am new to zookeeper and after installation when I started with the command:

I got an error: ​

I am not able to figure out how can I solve this. Can anyone help out with the problem?

Answer 1

Hey,

The default zookeeper installation (tar extract) comes with the conf file named conf/zoo_sample.cfg while the same extract's bin/zkServer.sh expects the conf file to be called zoo.cfg thereby resulting in a "No such file or dir" and the "failed to write pid" error. So before starting zookeeper, make sure you provide the actual path for 

zkServer.sh

Try follow this command:-​

You will get an output like this:-​

Hope it helps.