Kafka Topics and logs

How to Install and Configure Kafka?

Zainub Wahid Configuring Kafka, Installing Kafka, Installing ZooKeeper, java, Kafka, Kafka Service, Kafka Topics and logs, Producer, Running Kafka, ZooKeeper Service 1 Comment

Before installing and configuring Kafka, everyone should be aware of what is Kafka and why is it used. One might be wondering from where one can read and understand about the structure of Kafka. So, my previous post, What is Kafka and how it works?, will answer the above question. Before starting installation and configuration, I will recommend all to read my previous post.   Continue reading →

What is Kafka and how it works?

Zainub Wahid APIs of Kafka, Consumer, high-level kafka, Kafka, Kafka Cluster, Kafka Topics and logs, Producer, Streaming 1 Comment

Big Data is leading today’s industry and streaming that data in real time is very important and today’s need. Kafka is one of the stream line processor which can be used to stream big data in real time. So, now, let’s discuss what actually Kafka is and how it works.

Kafka is a distributed streaming platform having three capabilities:

  1. Publish and subscribe to streams of records, similar to a message queue.
  2. Store streams of records in a fault-tolerant durable way.
  3. Process streams of records as they occur.

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