I have exactly the same using the tutorial … the bolt is up, but looking at the logs of the spout it outlines the following error:
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1446845868000 sandbox.hortonworks.com 6701 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/json/simple/JSONValue at storm.kafka.DynamicBrokersReader.getLeaderFor(DynamicBrokersReader.java:118) at storm.kafka.DynamicBrokersReader.getBrokerInfo(DynamicBrokersReader.java:69) at storm.kafka.trident.ZkBrokerReader.<init>(ZkBrokerReader.java:42) at storm.kafka.KafkaUtils.makeBrokerReader(KafkaUtils.java:57) at storm.kafka.KafkaSpout.open(KafkaSpout.java:87) at backtype.storm.daemon.executor$fn__6146$fn__6161.invoke(executor.clj:553) at backtype.storm.util$async_loop$fn__543.invoke(util.clj:473) at clojure.lang.AFn.run(AFn.java:22) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.json.simple.JSONValue at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358) … 9 more
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Any idea on how to proceed is highly appreciated,
best regards,
Rainer