Apache Drill (Embedded): Failure setting up ZK for client - jdbc

Question

I am new to Apache Drill, and currently I am following the instructions from this link here to learn about it:
Drill in 10 minutes
However, after checking that I had the pre-requisites, I hit an error when I execute the steps in 'Start Drill on Windows' section.
Open Command Prompt.
Open the apache-drill- folder.
Go to the bin directory. For example: cd bin
Type the following command on the command line: sqlline.bat -u "jdbc:drill:zk=local"
Error: Failure in connecting to Drill:
org.apache.drill.exec.rpc.RpcException: Failure setting up ZK for
client. (state= ,code=0) java.sql.SQLException: Failure in connecting
to Drill: org.apache.drill.exec.rpc.RpcException: Failure setting up
ZK for client.
at org.apache.drill.jdbc.impl.DrillConnectionImpl.(DrillConnectionImpl.java:167)
at org.apache.drill.jdbc.impl.DrillJdbc41Factory.newDrillConnection(DrillJdbc41Factory.java:72)
at org.apache.drill.jdbc.impl.DrillFactory.newConnection(DrillFactory.java:69)
at org.apache.calcite.avatica.UnregisteredDriver.connect(UnregisteredDriver.java:143)
at org.apache.drill.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:72)
at sqlline.DatabaseConnection.connect(DatabaseConnection.java:167)
at sqlline.DatabaseConnection.getConnection(DatabaseConnection.java:213)
at sqlline.Commands.connect(Commands.java:1083)
at sqlline.Commands.connect(Commands.java:1015)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sqlline.ReflectiveCommandHandler.execute(ReflectiveCommandHandler.java:36)
at sqlline.SqlLine.dispatch(SqlLine.java:742)
at sqlline.SqlLine.initArgs(SqlLine.java:528)
at sqlline.SqlLine.begin(SqlLine.java:596)
at sqlline.SqlLine.start(SqlLine.java:375)
at sqlline.SqlLine.main(SqlLine.java:268)
Caused by: org.apache.drill.exec.rpc.RpcException: Failure setting up ZK for
client.
at org.apache.drill.exec.client.DrillClient.connect(DrillClient.java:329)
at org.apache.drill.jdbc.impl.DrillConnectionImpl.(DrillConnectionImpl.java:158)
... 18 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failure to connect to the zookeeper cluster service within the allotted time of 10000 mi
lliseconds.
at org.apache.drill.exec.coord.zk.ZKClusterCoordinator.start(ZKClusterCoordinator.java:123)
at org.apache.drill.exec.client.DrillClient.connect(DrillClient.java:327)
... 19 more
local (The system cannot find the file specified)
apache drill 1.11.0
Where is the 'local' file, and where can I get it?

Answer 1

Try drill bit in the command instead of zk because zookeeper has nothing to do if you are using the drill in embedded mode
"jdbc:drill:drillbit=local"

Answer 2

I had this issue, but was using Powershell, instead of command prompt.
Try running cmd /r 'sqlline.bat -u "jdbc:drill:zk=local"'