Components Of Kafka Running In Docker

What is Docker?

Docker is a lightweight, fast, and resource-efficient tool that wraps applications and their dependencies inside compact units called containers. Docker simplifies software packaging and deployment. While developing software, developers may be using Linux Windows, or MAC operating systems to do their task. As they are using different operating systems there is more chance of getting errors and issues related to operating systems. But docker allows the developers to build, test, and deploy on any operating system without worrying about any type of compatible issues or hardware requirements....

What is Kafka?

Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform. This is used to build real-time data pipelines and real-time data streaming applications. Let us understand this through an example. Think about what YouTube does. YouTube is a content streaming platform. Here the creators create content and any person who wants to see the content, has to subscribe to that YouTube channel. Kafka similarly runs like YouTube....

Components Of Kafka Running In Docker

Before moving on to next section make sure you have made the following installations . If not then follow these detailed GeeksForGeeks articles to install....

Steps To Connect Kafka Running In Docker

Step 1: First create a docker network ....

Conclusion

Here we have started by learning what is Docker . Then we have learned what is Kafka and why it is used . After this we run Kafka in a docker container . Then we have created a topic inside the Kafka container . Finally we have written some simple Golang code and executed them to experience real time data streaming using Kafka container....

Kafka – FAQ’s

What are the key components of Kafka ?...