CMD Commands for running Kafka on Windows

CMD Commands for running Kafka on Windows.md

Running Kafka on Windows using CMD Commands.

Download Kafka, a open-source software platform developed by LinkedIn to handle real-time data.

Getting Started:

• Run Command Line as Administrator.

• Run command to start up zookeeper server.

  • > cd ../../kafka
    > bin\windows\zookeeper-server-start.bat config\zookeeper.properties  
    

• Run command to start up kafka server.

  • > cd ../../kafka
    > bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat config\server.properties 
    

• Run command to create a topic to Store your Events.

  • > cd ../../kafka
    > bin\windows\kafka-topics.bat --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic [YOUR KAFKA TOPIC] --bootstrap-server localhost:9092  
    

• Run command to write some events into the Topic.

  • > cd ../../kafka
    > bin\windows\kafka-console-producer.bat --topic [YOUR KAFKA TOPIC] --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 
    

• Run command to read the events.

  • > cd ../../kafka
    > bin\windows\kafka-console-consumer.bat --topic [YOUR KAFKA TOPIC] --from-beginning --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 
    

• Delete any data of your local Kafka environment including any events.

  • Close all kafka processes on other terminal sessions. Ctrl-C.

  • > cd ../../kafka
    > tree /f 
    > rmdir /s kafka-logs && rmdir /s zookeeper-data