Get required version of kafka from https://kafka.apache.org/downloads We are using kafka_2.12-2.0.0
edit and source .profile
export PATH="$PATH:/home/prasun/kafka_2.12-2.0.0/bin"
(optional) Update Properties dataDir in config/zookeeper.properties log.dirs,num.partitions in config/server.properties
Terminal - A: Runs Zookeper server
bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties
Terminal - B: Runs kafka server
bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties
All Set!!! Zookeeper should be running on port 2181 Kafka should be running on port 9092
We work in Terminal C: