Requirements

Docker and docker-compose installed on your machine.

About

This script prepares a local environment for running Kafka. The docker-compose file contains all the required dependencies for running Kafka locally. In addition, the setup:

• Install kafkacat, a command-line utility for accessing Kafka topics.
• Configure a startup script, so you can easily start Kafka from any path on your system.

Installing

To install the environment, just run:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quero-edu/quero-kafka/master/setup.sh | bash -s

NOTE: you don't need to clone this repo!

Running

To start the Kafka environment (Kafka + ZooKeeper), just run it from any path:

kafkaup