readme.md

Flask Kafka Python

Horizontal scaling of websockets using KAFKA

• Tech Stack : Flask, Kafka and Socket.IO

$ First change the path in start.sh file

To start the Kafka and Python server

$ ./start.sh -u

To stop the Kafka and Python server

$ ./start.sh -d

Good to go!

Optional (Not neccessary) - For educatiional purpose :p

To add the Docker network:

• this is need for kafka broker to communicate with python servers

$ docker network rm kafka-network

• Spin up the local single-node Kafka cluster (will run in the background):

$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d

• Check the cluster is up and running (wait for "started" to show up):

$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml logs -f broker | grep "started"

• Start the Python Producer and Consumer server (will run in the background):

$ docker-compose -f prod-consumer-docker/docker-compose.yml up -d

Stopping

To stop the Python Producer and Consumer server:

$ docker-compose -f prod-consumer-docker/docker-compose.yml down -v

To stop the Kafka cluster:

$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml down -v

To remove the Docker network:

$ docker network rm kafka-network