Setting up external Kafka

Last Updated : Jul 22, 2022 |

About this task

Use this procedure to set up external Kafka server. The required version of Kafka server is 2.13.-3.2.0.

Procedure

  1. Access POM Primary.
  2. Ensure the successful execution of ./enabledKafkaHA.sh script on the primary POM server with the details of the external Kafka server.
  3. Add external server machine entry in the /etc/hosts file on all POM servers.
  4. Copy $POM _HOME/kafka_server directory from primary POM server to external Kafka server.
  5. Set KAFKA_HOME environment variable to kafka_server directory.
  6. Remove all data and directories from $KAFKA_HOME/kafka_store directory.
  7. Add entries for all POM servers in etc/hosts file on external Kafka machine.