Monday, June 22, 2020

How to Install Apache Kafka on Linux Ubuntu

In order to install Apache Kafka you should have Java installed and JAVA_HOME environment variable set; if not follow the first instructions of this article.
1- Download Zookeeper:

2- Extract the archive content:

3- Create Zookeeper configuration file from the sample provided:

4- Open the startup script file vim ~/.bashrc and add the following content:

5- activate the new path settings:

6- Start zookeeper service:

7- Download Kafka:

8- Create an installation folder for Kafka:

9- Extract the archive content:

10- Open the startup script file vim ~/.bashrc and add the following content:

11- activate the new path settings:

12- Create a shortcut to Kafka configuration file:

13- Edit listners parameter within Kafka configuration file i.e.:
listeners=PLAINTEXT://thedevopsnerdworld.com:9092
14- Start Kafka service:

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