How to install Kafka on Windows?

Question

I\'m trying to install Kafka message queue on Windows for testing purposes (not for production).

I found this article on how to install Apache Kafka

Answer 1

These are the steps I followed to run kafka on Windows

1. Install Zookeeper first (I downloaded v3.3.6) zookeeper-3.3.6.tar.gz
2. Extract Zookeeper and run this command in powershell/cmd \zookeeper-3.3.6\bin> .\zkServer.cmd Now this should up a Zookeeper instance on localhost:2181
3. Download Kafka binary version (I downloaded v0.10.0.1)kafka_2.10-0.10.0.1.tgz
4. Extract Kafka, time to modify some configs
5. Inside Kafka extraction you can find .\config\server.properties
6. In .\config\server.properties replace log.dirs=c:/kafka/kafka-logs
7. Note: Make sure to create those folders in relevant paths
8. Happy news: Now Kafka ships with windows .bat scripts, You can find these files inside ./bin/windows folder
9. Start powershell/cmd and run this command to start Kafka broker .\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\config\server.properties
10. DONE!, Now you have a running Zookeeper instance and a Kafka broker.