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Installing and configuring Apache Kafka

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Installing Kafka
- Prerequisites
- Installing Kafka Using Ambari
Configuring Kafka for a Production Environment

Installing Kafka

This publication describes how to install Kafka on an Ambari-managed cluster.

Prerequisites
Before installing Kafka, ZooKeeper must be installed and running on your cluster.
Installing Kafka Using Ambari
After Kafka is deployed and running, validate the installation. You can use the command-line interface to create a Kafka topic, send test messages, and consume the messages.

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