Kafka up & running in 5'

kafka.txt

http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#quickstart

Prerequisites:
	# adding java 
	sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Install:
	cd /opt/
	wget http://apache.rediris.es/kafka/0.8.2.1/kafka_2.11-0.8.2.1.tgz
	tar -xzf kafka_2.11-0.8.2.1.tgz 
	cd kafka_2.11-0.8.2.1/

Start:
	bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties
	bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties

Examples:
	cd /opt/kafka_2.11-0.8.2.1/
	bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --zookeeper localhost:2181 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --topic test
	bin/kafka-topics.sh --list --zookeeper localhost:2181
	bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic test 
	bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic test
	bin/kafka-console-producer.sh 
	bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic test
	bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --topic test --from-beginning