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Published inDec 2016
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Raúl Estrada
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Raúl Estrada

Raúl Estrada has been a programmer since 1996 and a Java developer since 2001. He loves all topics related to computer science. With more than 15 years of experience in high-availability and enterprise software, he has been designing and implementing architectures since 2003. His specialization is in systems integration, and he mainly participates in projects related to the financial sector. He has been an enterprise architect for BEA Systems and Oracle Inc., but he also enjoys web, mobile, and game programming. Raúl is a supporter of free software and enjoys experimenting with new technologies, frameworks, languages, and methods. Raúl is the author of other Packt Publishing titles, such as Fast Data Processing Systems with SMACK and Apache Kafka Cookbook.
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Go to the Apache Kafka home page: kafka.apache.org/downloads as in Figure 5-2, Apache Kafka download page.

Figure 5-2. Apache Kafka download page

The Apache Kafka current version available is 0.10.0.0 as a stable release. A major limitation with Kafka since 0.8.x is that it is not backward-compatible. So, we cannot replace this version for one prior to 0.8. Once you've downloaded the latest available release, let's proceed with the installation.

Installing Java

We need Java 1.7 or later. Download and install the latest JDK from Oracle's website: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html .

To install in Linux (as an example):

  1. Change the file mode:
    [master@localhost opt]# chmod +x jdk-8u91-linux-x64.rpm 
    
  2. Go to the directory in which you want to perform the installation:
    [master@localhost opt]# cd <directory path name>
    
  3. Run the rpm installer with the command:
    [master@localhost java]# rpm -ivh jdk-8u91-linux-x64.rpm 
    
  4. Finally, add the environment variable...
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Raúl Estrada has been a programmer since 1996 and a Java developer since 2001. He loves all topics related to computer science. With more than 15 years of experience in high-availability and enterprise software, he has been designing and implementing architectures since 2003. His specialization is in systems integration, and he mainly participates in projects related to the financial sector. He has been an enterprise architect for BEA Systems and Oracle Inc., but he also enjoys web, mobile, and game programming. Raúl is a supporter of free software and enjoys experimenting with new technologies, frameworks, languages, and methods. Raúl is the author of other Packt Publishing titles, such as Fast Data Processing Systems with SMACK and Apache Kafka Cookbook.
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