Those two describe to which hostname the Kafka server should respond from within the container. Two environment variables need to be set: It exposes itself under kafkaserver hostname in kafkanet network. First one, kafkaserver runs Kafka image developed by Spotify team (it includes Zookeeper). This docker-compose file decalres two mentioned containers. Image: 'mzagar/kafka-manager-docker:1.3.3.4' Create docker-compose.yml file and put the following content: version: '2' In order to join those two containers, we will use docker-compose. Apache Kafka container (with Zookeeper built-in).docker-compose installed (I use version 1.11.2).Docker installed (I use version 17.03.1-ce on Windows).How to setup development environment for Apache Kafka + Kafka-Manager on Windows (using Docker). Besides Apache Kafka itself, the setup involves lauching Kafka-Manager UI (developed by Yahoo), so you will be able to manage your Kafka instance with ease. In this post I cover full setup on Windows, but since it uses Docker, the process should be easily applicable for Linux/Mac machines. I wrote this post, to help you get started with Apache Kafka as fast as possible. When I start learning any new technology, I want to get my hands drity as fast as possible, without spending too much time on environment setup. Its functionality supports publish/subscribe model, reliable message persistence, real-time stream processing and many more. Apache Kafka is distributed streaming platform, which allows you to build reliable messaging channel between various systems. This post describes how to quickly setup development environment for Apache Kafka in Docker on Windows.

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