Kafka Installation Steps

Steps to install Kafka

Download the link for Kafka source – https://archive.apache.org/dist/Kafka/0.8.0/Kafka-0.8.0-src.tgz and then:
tar xzf Kafka-0.8.0-src.tgz

• Enter the directory and run the commands:
  sudo ./sbt update
  sudo ./sbt package
• To start the Zookeeper server, run (in the directory)
  bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config.zookeeper.properties
• Now start the Kafka server, run (in the directory)
  bin/Kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties
• Create a Topic of publishing messages,
  bin/Kafka-create-Topic.sh –zookeeper localhost:2181 –replica 1 –partition .
• 1–Topic test
  (Here we can mention the number of replica instances, partitions and the name of the Topic)
• Publish-Subscribe some messages by,
  – Run the producer,
  bin/Kafka-console-producer.sh  –broker-list localhost:9092 –Topic test
  Now type down the message we want to send.
  – Later, run the consumer,
  bin/Kafka-console-consumer.sh –zookeeper localhost:2181 –Topic test–from-beginning

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