Configuring Kafka

In order to use the Kafka inbound endpoint, you need to download and install Apache Kafka. The recommended version is kafka_2.12-2.2.1.

To configure the Kafka inbound endpoint, copy the following client libraries from the KAFKA_HOME/libs directory to the MI_HOME/lib directory.

  - kafka_2.12-2.2.1.jar     
  - metrics-core-2.2.0.jar    
  - zkclient-0.11.jar
  - kafka-clients-2.2.1.jar  
  - scala-library-2.12.8.jar  
  - zookeeper-3.4.13.jar

To start the Kafka server:

  • Navigate to <KAFKA_HOME> and run the following command to start the ZooKeeper server:

    bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties
  • Run the following command to start the Kafka server

    bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties
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