Learn about Apache Kafka and its ecosystem in 20 minutes.

What is Apache Kafka?

Learn how Kafka works, get a strong understanding of the different components

Kafka Fundamentals

Understanding Kafka

Starting Kafka

Learn how to use Kafka Command Line Interface (CLI)

Kafka CLI Tutorials

How to interact with Kafka programmatically?

Kafka Programming Tutorials

Practice using Kafka

Kafka Advanced Concepts

Series of advanced tutorials on important Kafka administration subjects

Kafka Administration

Next Level Kafka

Get a free Kafka cluster with Conduktor Platform

Start and run Apache Kafka on Mac OS X without Zookeeper.

How to Install Apache Kafka on Mac without Zookeeper? (KRaft mode)

Learn how to start and run Apache Kafka on Mac OS X without Zookeeper. This Kafka quick start guide for Kafka KRaft mode on Mac shows you how.

Learn how to install Kafka on Mac in KRaft mode with no Zookeeper. This Kafka quick start guide shows you how to start and run Kafka on Mac with no Zookeeper dependency.

Kafka KRaft Setup on Mac - Install Kafka Without Zookeeper

Install Kafka on Mac KRaft Mode | Learn Apache Kafka with Conduktor

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Screenshot show how to start a Kafka cluster quickly with Conduktor

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Start Kafka with Zookeeper

Screenshot of Amazon Corretto installer that will give you the distribution of OpenJDK 11 needed to install Apache Kafka on Mac

Amazon Corretto Installer - the Amazon distribution of OpenJDK 11

openjdk version "11.0.10" 2021-01-19 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-11.0.10.9.1 (build 11.0.10+9-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-11.0.10.9.1 (build 11.0.10+9-LTS, mixed mode)shell

The download page for Apache Kafka where you can download and install Kafka.

Install Kafka - Apache Kafka Download

~/kafka_2.13-3.0.0/bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh ~/kafka_2.13-3.0.0/config/zookeeper.properties

A screenshot of the process for starting Zookeeper for Apache Kafka on Mac OS.

Starting Zookeeper for Apache Kafka on Mac

Daemon Mode

~/kafka_2.13-3.0.0/bin/kafka-server-start.sh ~/kafka_2.13-3.0.0/config/server.properties

A terminal screenshot showing that Apache Kafka is now running on Mac.

Starting Apache Kafka on Mac via Terminal

How to Install Apache Kafka on Mac?

How to install and run Kafka on Mac OS X. This lesson provides instructions for quick start Kafka setup on Mac OS X

A Kafka quick start guide for Apache Kafka with Zookeeper installed on Mac OSX.