April 2018
Beginner
226 pages
4h 47m
English
We can download Apache Kafka from the following link: http://kafka.apache.org/downloads . Note that Unix-based and Windows-based systems have different procedures for installation. Here is the best source that is recommended for Windows users: https://medium.com/@shaaslam/installing-apache-kafka-on-windows-495f6f2fd3c8.
Getting back to the Unix system, we need to extract the kafka_2.11-1.0.0.tgz bundle. Our downloaded file is in the Downloads directory. Let's navigate to the directory and complete our procedure by using following commands:
$ cd ~/Downloads/$ tar -xvf kafka_2.11-1.0.0.tgz
Once all the files are extracted, we are ready to get started with Kafka. Here is the procedure for starting the Kafka server:
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