java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: \tmp\connect.offsets

I am running kafka and debezium PostgreSQL connector locally on Windows. everything else is good, topics are also stored. just getting this error:

java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: \tmp\connect.offsets

All the steps I followed:

Running Zookeeper:

 .\kafka\bin\windows\zookeeper-server-start.bat .\kafka\config\zookeeper.properties

Running Kafka:

.\kafka\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\kafka\config\server.properties

Running Connector With postgres-connector.properties file:

.\kafka\bin\windows\connect-standalone.bat .\kafka\config\connect-standalone.properties .\kafka\postgres-connector.properties

postgres-connector.properties file

name=my-postgres-connector
connector.class=io.debezium.connector.postgresql.PostgresConnector
database.hostname=localhost
database.port=5432
database.user=postgres
database.password=1524
database.dbname=MartenDB
database.server.name=postgres
table.include.list=public.student
plugin.name=pgoutput
topic.prefix=sid
slot.name=connector1_replication_slot

You need to edit the connect-standalone.properties to use proper Windows filepaths, not /tmp for the offsets file.

You should also use connect-distributed.sh instead, which will use Kafka topics, not files for offset storage.