Kafka Useful CLI Commands

kafka.md

Kafka CLI useful commands

List all messages in a topic from begining

kafka-console-consumer.sh --zookeeper {zookeeper-ip}:2181 --topic {topic-name} --from-beginning

Describe a topic

kafka-topics.sh --describe --zookeeper {zookeeper-ip}:2181 --topic {topic-name}

Adding new partitions to a topic

kafka-topics.sh --alter --zookeeper {zookeeper-ip}:2181 --topic {topic-name} --partitions {number-of-partition}