Kafka and Zookeeper get started

Getting started with Kafka and Zookeeper Setup java environment and then add Apache Zookeeper and Apache Kafka. Start both and then setup local Producer and Consumer with a first stab at using topics including --from-beginning option. sudo apt list | grep openjdk sudo apt-cache search openjdk sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jre Download files from: https://kafka.apache.org/ and follow Quickstart guide (from left hand menu) and get https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/kafka/1.0.0/kafka_2.11-1.0.0.tgz https://zookeeper.apache.org/ and http://apache.mirrors.nublue.co.uk/zookeeper/stable/ to get stable release tar -xzf kafka_2.11-1.0.0.tgz tar -zxf zookeeper-3.4.10.tar.gz cd kafka_2.11-1.0.0/ ./bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties ./bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties On Producer ./bin-console/kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic MyFirstTopic1 ./bin-console/kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list 192.168.1.235:9092 --topic MyFirstTopic1 On consumer cd kafka_2.11-1.0.0/ ./bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --bootstrap-server 192.168.1.235:9092 --topic MyFirstTopic1 Remember we write (produce) to the Leader (which then internally writes to all replicas and if majority are successful reports back success). We can read (consume) from any broker has they can access the data)