kafka-workshop

Exercise: Installing and Running Kafka

This exercise is to install Apache Kafka and start the very first Kafka broker (Kafka server).

Duration: 30 mins

Procedure

1. Make sure that you have installed the latest version of Java 11
2. Download the latest version of Apache Kafka
   • Download page
   • Use the binary download for Scala 2.13
3. Follow Quick Start document from the offical documentation of Apache Kafka
   • Do the steps up to and including the Step 5: Start a consumer

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