Components Of Kafka Running In Docker
Before moving on to next section make sure you have made the following installations . If not then follow these detailed w3wiki articles to install.
1. For Linux users :
- Golang (optional if you have written kafka-producer-consumer pair using other programming language)
2. For Windows users:
- Golang (optional if you have written kafka-producer-consumer pair using other programming language)
How To Connect To Kafka Running In Docker ?
Docker and Kafka are two important tools used in today’s digital world. Docker makes an easy deployment process by encapsulating applications into containers while Kafka provides a distributed event-streaming platform for building real-time data pipelines and data streaming applications. Here in this guide, I will first discuss what is Docker. Then I will discuss Kafka and its components. Finally, I will walk you through the various steps to run Kafka using a Docker container and also perform real-time data streaming using some Golang codes.