Apache Kafka

Installing Apache Kafka

Steps to Install Apache Kafka and Testing

1. Download "kafka_2.11-0.10.0.0.tgz" from Apache.

2. Extract files from tgz file
   tar -xvzf kafka_2.11-0.10.0.0.tgz

3. Starting zookeeper server
   bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties

4. Starting Kafka Broker server
   bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties

5. Creating a Topic 
   bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --zookeeper localhost:2181 --replication-factor 1 --partition 1 --topic topictest

6. Starting Producer console to publish messages into Topic
   bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic topictest

7. Starting Consumer console to consume messages from Topic
   bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --topic topictest --from-beginning