kafka-installer

Apache Kafka install package.

Environment

• OS: CentOS 6.X
• CPU Arch: x64
• Middleware: Needs JDK6 or after（Oracle JDK or Open JDK）

Download

https://github.com/kimutansk/kafka-installer/wiki/Download

Before you install kafka package

Before you install kafka package on a cluster, there are some important steps you need to do to prepare your system.

1.Kafka needs zookeeper cluster.
For zookeeper cluster installation, you find install step on cdh.
http://www.cloudera.com/content/support/en/documentation/cdh5-documentation/cdh5-documentation-v5-latest.html
http://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/redhat/6/x86_64/cdh/5/RPMS/x86_64/

Installing kafka package

1.Download kafka rpm package.
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/publicarchive/kafka/kafka-0.8.1.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

2.Install the kafka RPM:

# sudo rpm -ivh kafka-0.8.1.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm  

3.Set the configuration.
(Reference: http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#brokerconfigs )

# sudo vi /opt/kafka/config/server.properties

The essential configurations default value are following:

broker.id=0  
log.dirs=/opt/kafka/kafka-logs  
zookeeper.connect=localhost:2181  

4.Start or stop kafka cluster by following commands:

Start

# sudo service kafka-server start  

Stop

# sudo service kafka-server stop  

Dependency libraries

Project : Apache Kafka
Version : 0.8.1.1
Lisence : Apache License Version 2.0
Source URL : http://kafka.apache.org/

License

This software is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.txt.