Kafka Demo Project

This project demonstrates how to use Apache Kafka with a simple Producer and Consumer setup using Docker. It runs Kafka and Zookeeper in containers and provides example code for producing and consuming messages.

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Features

• Runs Kafka and Zookeeper using Docker Compose.

• Kafka Producer: sends messages to a topic.

• Kafka Consumer: reads messages from a topic.

• Minimal configuration for quick testing and learning.

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Technologies Used

• NodeJs
• Apache Kafka
• Docker & Docker Compose

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Setup & Run

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/boiar/kafka-demo.git

cd kafka-demo

2. Start Zookeeper and Kafka:

docker-compose up -d

3. Verify containers are running:

docker ps

Resources

All my notes and resources are available in https://www.notion.so/Apache-Kafka-27d4d43c353b804e9b8af2acf1b02b23?source=copy_link