how to set group name when consuming messages in kafka using command line

Question

Any idea how to set group name when consuming messages in kafka using command line.

I tried with the following command :

bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --         


        

Answer 1

You can use the --group option like this (tested with Kafka 2.0.0):

bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --group test-consumer --topic test --from-beginning