Kafka Docker

Install Docker and Docker Compose

https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

// Clone Kafka git project

git clone https://github.com/atlanticwave-sdx/kafka-docker

cd kafka-docker

Environment Variables

Name	Type	Description	Example
KRAFT_CONTAINER_HOST_NAME	string	Hostname for the running container as the Kafka listener	kafka
KRAFT_CREATE_TOPICS	[]string	Comma separated list of topics to be created post server setup	topic-a,topic-b,topic-c
KRAFT_PARTITIONS_PER_TOPIC	int	Number of partitions per topic	3

Create docker image

./dckbuild.sh

vim docker-compose.yml

// Optional - Scale the cluster by adding more brokers

docker-compose scale kafka=3

Start Docker compose

docker-compose up -d

//Check the proceses running:

docker-compose ps

// Destroy the cluster when you are done with it

docker-compose stop