Error while start kafka

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I have install kafka on my centOS 6.5,
Java 1.7.0.67
Zookeeper: 3.4.10

bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: kafka/Kafka : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:800)
	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
	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)
	at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:482)

What I have tried:

I am able to start zookeeper, but when I start the kafka I am getting error.

Kindly suggest, I am very beginner on this.

Posted 7-Apr-18 0:00am

Pankaj.betech

Updated 7-Apr-18 0:18am

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-07T00:20:00

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xception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: kafka/Kafka : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

The message is quite clear, this version of kafka is not supported. You need to install a supported version.

Posted 7-Apr-18 0:20am

Richard MacCutchan