# I have 3 node kafka cluster, In one node the kafka service is not coming up **URL:** \ **Category:** Kafka Connect\ **Created:** [21 March 2024 08:00 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/i-have-3-node-kafka-cluster-in-one-node-the-kafka-service-is-not-coming-up/10427 "2024-03-21T08:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skuntla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@skuntla](https://forum.confluent.io/u/skuntla)\ **Post date:** [21 March 2024 08:00 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/i-have-3-node-kafka-cluster-in-one-node-the-kafka-service-is-not-coming-up/10427/1 "2024-03-21T08:00:45Z")
Hi, The kafka service is not coming up in one of the node suddenly with below errors. [root@liankafk01.xat.c ansible\_rdu]# systemctl status kafka.service ● kafka.service - Kafka Service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/kafka.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Thu 2024-03-21 03:58:11 EDT; 794ms ago Docs: [http://kafka.apache.org](http://kafka.apache.org) Process: 5981 ExecStop=/opt/local/kafka/bin/kafka-server-stop.sh (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 5977 ExecStart=/opt/local/kafka/bin/kafka-server-start.sh /opt/local/kafka/conf/server.properties (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 5977 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Mar 21 03:58:11 liankafk01.xat.c systemd[1]: Unit kafka.service entered failed state. Mar 21 03:58:11 liankafk01.xat.c systemd[1]: kafka.service failed. Mar 21 03:58:11 liankafk01.xat.c systemd[1]: kafka.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Mar 21 03:58:11 liankafk01.xat.c systemd[1]: Stopped Kafka Service. Mar 21 03:58:11 liankafk01.xat.c systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for kafka.service Mar 21 03:58:11 liankafk01.xat.c systemd[1]: Failed to start Kafka Service. Mar 21 03:58:11 liankafk01.xat.c systemd[1]: Unit kafka.service entered failed state. Mar 21 03:58:11 liankafk01.xat.c systemd[1]: kafka.service failed. (pkg/logs/launchers/file/launcher.go:305 in handleTailingModeChange) | Tailing mode changed for file:/var/log/secure. Was: end: Now: beginning | INFO | (pkg/logs/launchers/file/launcher.go:283 in startNewTailer) | Starting a new tailer for: /var/log/secure (offset: 0, whence: 0) for tailer key | INFO | (pkg/logs/tailers/file/tailer\_nix.go:30 in setup) | Opening /var/log/secure for tailer key /var/log/secure | WARN | (pkg/logs/launchers/file/launcher.go:286 in startNewTailer) | open /var/log/secure: permission denied | INFO | (pkg/logs/launchers/file/launcher.go:305 in handleTailingModeChange) | Tailing mode changed for file:/var/log/secure. Was: end: Now: beginning | INFO | (pkg/logs/launchers/file/launcher.go:283 in startNewTailer) | Starting a new tailer for: /var/log/secure (offset: 0, whence: 0) for tailer key | INFO | (pkg/logs/tailers/file/tailer\_nix.go:30 in setup) | Opening /var/log/secure for tailer key /var/log/secure | WARN | (pkg/logs/launchers/file/launcher.go:286 in startNewTailer) | open /var/log/secure: permission denied | WARN | (pkg/collector/python/datadog\_agent.go:131 in LogMessage) | disk:67cc0574430a16ba | (disk.py:136) | Unable to get disk metrics for /var/lib/nfs/rpc\_pipefs: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/var/lib/nfs/rpc\_pipefs’ [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/var/lib/nfs/rpc\_pipefs’. You can exclude this mountpoint in the settings if it is invalid. | TRACE | INFO | (pkg/trace/info/stats.go:91 in LogAndResetStats) | No data received ---
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