Kafka - Unable to send a message to a remote server using Java

Question

I\'m trying to create a Kafka cluster to send messages to a remote control. I have configured everything as described here. I am running this on a Linux r

Answer 1

In your kafka server.properties there is a commented configuration

#advertised.host.name=

Uncomment this and add the IP of the Linux Machine in which kafka is running.

advertised.host.name=

And connect from clients to This should fix your issue.

EDIT

Optionally you can uncomment the

#advertised.port=9092

Also if you are listening on a different port than the default one.