🏞️ STREAMING DATA ONLY: Stop Kafka Service¶

Stop Apache Kafka when you are done working.

When¶

• Whenever you are done working on a project that uses the Kafka message broker service.

Stop Kafka With CTRL+c¶

Kafka runs in the foreground in the terminal where you started it. Go to the terminal where Kafka is running (WSL if Windows user).

Press CTRL key and c key together (CTRL+c).

Wait for the command prompt to return.

Next Work Session¶

The next time you work on this project:

1. Follow the start-kafka process.
2. Leave the Kafka terminal open.
3. Run the Python producer and consumer from Python.

Important¶

You only need to run install-kafka once per machine.

Use start-kafka each time you begin working.

Use stop-kafka when you finish a work session.