Starting ZooKeeper

zookeeper-server-start /usr/local/etc/kafka/zookeeper.properties

Start/Stop Kafka after starting up Zoo Keeper

kafka-server-start /usr/local/etc/kafka/server.properties

Creating Topic ‘Test’

open a terminal:

kafka-topics –create –zookeeper localhost:2181 -replication-factor 1 –partitions 1 –topic test

Creating Consumer

open a terminal:

kafka-console-consumer –bootstrap-server localhost:9092 –topic test –from-beginning

we wait for the producers to produce for topic ‘test’

Produce for our topic Test

kafka-console-producer –broker-list localhost:9092 –topic test

> haha
> hehe
> hoho

Now in your consumer terminal, you should see the texts come up