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Install Kafka with Zookeeper on Mac OS

Step 1 Check Install Java JDK version 17 (or other)

java -version

Step 2 Download Apache Kafka from https://kafka.apache.org/downloads under 'Binary Downloads'

Step 3 Extract the contents on your Mac

Extract the contents (double click in the Finder) to a directory of your choice, for example /opt/homebrew/Cellar/kafka_2.13-3.3.1

Step 4 Create in the folder kafka_2.13-3.3.1/data two folders: kafka and zookeper.

• cd kafka_2.13-3.3.1
• mkdir data
• mkdir data/zookeper
• mkdir data/kafka

Step 5 Editing files zookeeper.properties and server.properties

• ~/kafka_2.13-3.3.1/config/server.properties
• Find log.dirs and paste our temporary path instead
• log.dirs=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/kafka_2.13-3.3.1/data/kafka
• ~/kafka_2.13-3.3.1/config/zookeeper.properties
• Find dataDir and paste our temporary path instead
• dataDir=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/kafka_2.13-3.3.1/data/zookeper

Step 6 Start Zookeeper using the binaries

From the root folder of Apache Kafka, you can run ZooKeeper by executing the following command:

• bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties
• Zookeeper running

Step 7 Start Kafka using the binaries in another process

Now, open a new terminal window & run the following command from the root of Apache Kafka to start the Kafka environment: -bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties Kafka running