wirbelsturm-rpm-kafka

Builds an RPM based on an official Apache Kafka binary release, using fpm.

Unfortunately the official Kafka project does not release ready-to-use RPM packages. The RPM script in this repository closes that gap.

The RPM created with this code is used by Wirbelsturm.

Table of Contents

Bootstrapping
Supported target operating systems
Usage
Contributing
License
References

Bootstrapping

After a fresh checkout of this git repo you should first bootstrap the code.

$ ./bootstrap

Basically, the bootstrapping will ensure that you have a suitable fpm setup. If you already have fpm installed and configured you may try skipping the bootstrapping step.

Supported operating systems

OS of the build server

It is recommended to run the RPM script kafka-rpm.sh on a RHEL OS family machine.

Target operating systems

The RPM files are built for the following operating system and architecture:

RHEL 6 OS family (e.g. RHEL 6, CentOS 6, Amazon Linux), 64 bit

Usage

Building the RPM

Syntax:

$ ./kafka-rpm.sh <kafka-package-download-url>

To find a direct download URL visit the Kafka downloads page and click on the link to a Kafka binary release. Note: Don't use the (mirror) link on the download page because that link will first take you to one of the Apache mirror sites. Use one of the mirrors' direct links.

Example:

$ ./kafka-rpm.sh http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/kafka/0.8.0/kafka_2.8.0-0.8.0.tar.gz

>>> Will create kafka-0.8.0.el6.x86_64.rpm

This will create an RPM that contains all Kafka files and directories under the directory path /opt/kafka/.

Verify the RPM

You can verify the proper creation of the RPM file with:

$ rpm -qpi kafka-*.rpm    # show package info
$ rpm -qpR kafka-*.rpm    # show package dependencies
$ rpm -qpl kafka-*.rpm    # show contents of package

Custom configuration

You can modify kafka-rpm.sh directly to modify the way the RPM is packaged. For instance, you can change the root level directory to something other than /opt/kafka/, or modify the name of the package maintainer.

Contributing to wirbelsturm-rpm-kafka

Code contributions, bug reports, feature requests etc. are all welcome.

If you are new to GitHub please read Contributing to a project for how to send patches and pull requests to wirbelsturm-rpm-kafka.

License

See LICENSE for licensing information.

References

kafka-rpm -- RPM spec file for packaging Kafka 0.8+

miguno/wirbelsturm-rpm-kafka