Starting Kafka Server Permanently

Question

I have setup Kafka on Amazon EC2 instance.

I have done the following in below order: (1) SSH into the Instance (2) Start Zookeper (3) Start Kafka (4) Execute Producer and Consumer Programs.

Everything is working fine till here. However once I close the SSH window on which I have started Kafka, the Kafka service stops. I can no longer execute Producer and Consumer programs.

How can I have the Kafka Server permanently up for all requests, even after I close the SSH window.

Thank You.

Answer 1

At the beginning of the command, nohup is required. that way the output will be in the file instead of the screen. You also need to add & at the end of the command to start the server in the background.

So, the commands should look like:

nohup bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties &

nohup bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties &