List all kafka topics

Question

I\'m using kafka 0.10 without zookeeper. I want to get kafka topics list. This command is not working since we\'re not using zookeeper: <

Answer 1

You need to start the zookeeper server first. So first go to kafka/bin/windows and run

zookeeper-server-start.bat ../../config/zookeeper.properties

then in the same folder with a new cmd windows start the kafka servers by running

kafka-server-start.bat ../../config/server.properties

Note: if you starting it for the first time then there are certain changes to be made in these files

then inside kafka/bin/windows run

kafka-topics.bat --zookeeper localhost:2181 --list

to list down all the topics existing.