LOG_DIR not set causing FileNotFoundException: /kafka-rest.log (Permission denied)

[kijanowski]

To fix it, edit bin/kafka-rest-run-class and add:

if [ "x$LOG_DIR" = "x" ]; then
  LOG_DIR="$base_dir/logs"
fi

just before

if [[ -n $LOG_DIR ]]; then
    [[ -d $LOG_DIR ]] || mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
    KAFKAREST_LOG4J_OPTS="-Dkafka-rest.log.dir=$LOG_DIR ${KAFKAREST_LOG4J_OPTS}"
fi

[MarkC0x]

Thanks for that information @kijanowski

As this behavior was still happening in the latest 5.5.x version of Rest Proxy, I created a simple PR based on your suggestion.