Install kafka in ubuntu

Install Kafka Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

sudo apt-get remove scala-library scala
sudo wget www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/scala-2.12.1.deb
sudo dpkg -i scala-2.12.1.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install scala

echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 2EE0EA64E40A89B84B2DF73499E82A75642AC823
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sbt

wget http://apache.cs.utah.edu/kafka/0.10.1.0/kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0.tgz
tar -xvzf kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0.tgz
--offset and message retentiont policy
cd kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0
bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties

new terminal
cd kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0

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

--create topic
new terminal
cd kafka_2.11-0.10.1.0
bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --topic my_topic --zookeeper localhost:2181 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1

--list topics
bin/kafka-topics.sh --list --zookeeper localhost:2181

--start producing messages
bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic my_topic

--Press Ctrl+C when ready

--start consuming messages
bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --topic my_topic --from-beginning

--You should see the messages produced earlier -- Press Ctrl+C when ready

--test connection to the machine - start a simple server sudo python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80