Apache Kafka for Beginners (Part 2 — Install Kafka)

Install Kafka

this is a step by step to install kafka for messaging system

Verify java
make sure you already install java.

Download kafka
* download kafka source (https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/kafka/2.0.0/kafka_2.11-2.0.0.tgz)
* extract source & change directory to kafka directory

$ tar -xzf kafka_2.11–2.0.0.tgz
$ cd kafka_2.11–2.0.0

Start zookepeer server
open new terminal and run / type

$ ./bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties

Start kafka server
open different new terminal, go to kafka folder and run / type

$ ./bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties

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