How To Install Apache Kafka
Apache Kafka is a popular distributed message broker designed to efficiently handle large volumes of real-time data. A Kafka cluster is highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and has a high throughput compared to other message brokers such as ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ. In this tutorial, you will install and use Apache Kafka on your server. Choose your operating system below to get started.
CentOS
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Debian
How To Install Apache Kafka on Debian 10
How To Install Apache Kafka on Debian 9
Ubuntu
How To Install Apache Kafka on Ubuntu 20.04
How To Install Apache Kafka on Ubuntu 20.04
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