kafka quickstart (on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)
https://kafka.apache.org/quickstart
STEP 1: GET KAFKA
wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/kafka/3.0.0/kafka_2.13-3.0.0.tgz
tar -xzf kafka_2.13-3.0.0.tgz
cd kafka_2.13-3.0.0
STEP 2: START THE KAFKA ENVIRONMENT
Zookeeper start
bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh -daemon config/zookeeper.properties
Broker start
bin/kafka-server-start.sh -daemon config/server.properties
STEP 3: CREATE A TOPIC TO STORE YOUR EVENTS
bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --topic quickstart-events --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1
bin/kafka-topics.sh --describe --topic quickstart-events --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
STEP 4: WRITE SOME EVENTS INTO THE TOPIC
bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --topic quickstart-events --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
STEP 5: READ THE EVENTS
bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --topic quickstart-events --from-beginning --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
