kafka-workshop | repository provides bare minimum code and framework to get

This step will take couple of minutes. It will bring up the Ubuntu 14.04 box with Zookeeper and Kafa installed in /home/vagrant/workspace/ directory. The vagrant box also has .kafka-workspace virtual environment in /home/vagrant/workspace/ direcotry. This virtual environment is used by the python scripts (kafka-consumer.py & kafka-producer.py). You will notice Zookeeper and Kafka directory inside workshop directory, whereas src directory of the project is mapped to /vagrant/src/ directory. Execute pgrep java to make sure that services (Zookeeper & Kafka) are up. If you don't see any output, then something is definitely wrong. Check the troubleshooting section.
Clone this repository or download it by clicking Dowload zip button given on left.
Bring up the vagrant box by executing the following command.
Open two terminals and ssh to the vagrant from kafka-workshop directory. One of them can be used for producer whereas other can be used for consumer script. Run the following commands on both terminals.
On one of the terminals, start the services by executing the following command.
Execute the following command on any of the terminals to create the kafka topic.
Execute the following command on consumer-terminal. Consumer script will keep waiting for messages from the producer. Once a message is available, it will print on console.
Execute the following command on producer-terminal to publish "Hello from script" message on test topic.
voila!!! The client will print the message on console. It will be something similar to this.
Feel free to play with the consumer and producer scripts. Also check out the command section for cool commands.