Kafkacat doesn't work with bootstrap service

[neverfox]

kubectl run -it --rm kafkacat --image=solsson/kafkacat --restart=Never -- -C -b kafka-bootstrap:9200 -t mytopic -p 0 -J -e

% KC_ERROR: Failed to query metadata for topic mytopic: Local: Broker transport failure

It works with the full list of service DNS names and the bootstrap service works just fine with Kafka libraries we're using in code (Java client).

[solsson]

Hmm, there was also a negative report about bootstrap.kafka in fluent/fluent-bit-kubernetes-logging#11 (comment).

I don't recognize your port number. And in fact I don't recognize the service name. Where are you running kafkacat? Have you tried with -d broker.

[neverfox]

Bah, it's the port. Just fat fingered it. As for the service, it's the same one as you have here, just renamed (since I don't use the kafka namespace).