Running Apache Kafka in Windows

Windows Kafka Setup steps:
1) Download Kafka and unzip.
2) Start Zookeeper:
kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\bin\windows\zookeeper-server-start.bat tools\kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\config\zookeeper.properties
3) Start Kafka Server
kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat tools\kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\config\server.properties
4) List topics, to make sure Kafka is up and running
kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\bin\windows\kafka-topics.bat --list --zookeeper localhost:2181
5) Create new Topic, examples:
kafka-topics.bat --create --topic sensor1 --replication-factor 1 --zookeeper localhost:2181 --partition 5
6) Produce some sample Kafka Messages:
kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\bin\windows\kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9092 --topic sensor1
6) Consumer to Test whether above produced messages are successfully published to Kafka broker:
kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\bin\windows\kafka-console-consumer.bat --zookeeper localhost:2181 --topic sensor1 --from-beginning
7) Stop Kafka Server:
tools\kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\bin\windows\kafka-server-stop.bat
8) Stop Zookeeper:
tools\kafka_2.10-0.8.2.1\bin\windows\zookeeper-server-stop.bat
Happy Kafka'ing..

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