Start Apache Zookeper- .\bin\windows\zookeeper-server-start.bat .\config\zookeeper.properties Start Apache Kafka- .\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\config\server.properties Next start the Spring Boot Application by running it as a Java Application. Also Start the consumer listening to the java_in_use_topic- .\bin\windows\kafka-console-consumer.bat --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --top Finally hit the url as follows- http://localhost:9876/kafka/producer?message=test