A step-by-step guide for Apache Kafka installation on Windows

Post author:Abhishek Singh
Post published:February 15, 2024
Post category:Apache Kafka

Welcome to our Windows Apache Kafka installation instructions! In this detailed article, we’ll help you install Kafka on Windows so you can use real-time data streaming for your projects with confidence.”

Table of Contents

Apache Kafka installation on windows

There are some prerequisites you have to install.

Download Visual Studio code: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
In Visual Studio code, go to Extension, search for WSL, and install it.
The Next step is to install Java: https://youtu.be/jPwrWjEwtrw?si=FlxOGuQ_E92wxHZ9

The second step is to install Apache Kafka: ht tps://kafka.apache.org/downloads

You have to go to Binary download and select the Scala 2.13 Version

Extract it, rename the folder to kafka and place it on the C drive.

Create two folders kafka-logs and zookeeper-data under Kafka folder

Update config\server.properties as follows:

log.dirs=C:/kafka/kafka-logs

Update config\zookeeper.properties as follows:

dataDir=C:/kafka/zookeeper-data

Update the bin > windows >kafka-run-class.bat file as follows:

lines 224 to 229 from this

# Which java to use
if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
  JAVA="java"
else
  JAVA="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
fi
to this:

# Which java to use
if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
  JAVA="java"
else
  JAVA="$JAVA_HOME/java"
fi

Now open the cmd from the Kafka folder

.\bin\windows\zookeeper-server-start.bat .\config\zookeeper.properties

Now open another cmd from the Kafka folder

.\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\config\server.properties

Now create the topic named as test

Open cmd in kafka> bin> windows folder

kafka-topics.bat –create –bootstrap-server localhost:9092 –topic test

Now turn on the producer and pass the data

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

Now start the consumer in another cmd

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

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned about the Kafka installation.

Tell me in the comments if you have any problems regarding implementation, and I will reply within 24 hours.