Install Kafka on OSX via Homebrew

install-kafka.txt

$> brew cask install java

$> brew install kafka

$> vim ~/bin/kafka
# ~/bin/kafka
#!/bin/bash

zkServer start
kafka-server-start.sh /usr/local/etc/kafka/server.properties

$> chmod +x ~/bin/kafka

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Homebrew has a services manager and can manage its own Java installation, so an easier way to do this is just

# this will install java 1.8, zookeeper, and kafka
> brew install kafka

# this will run ZK and kafka as services
> brew services start zookeeper
> brew services start kafka

That's it. If you want to stop Kafka, just run the brew services commands in reverse:

> brew services stop kafka
> brew services stop zookeeper