QuickStart Guide for Installing Confluent Platform having Apache Kafka using Docker

Introduction

Apache Kafka is one of the core technologies in Event Driven Architectures. This quick start has been developed to get you up and running with Apache Kafka using Docker containers. Instead of just installing Apache Kafka we would install the Confluent Platform using Docker. So that we not only leverage the functionalities of Apache Kafka but also the other major components of Confluent Platform.

Learning Objectives

1. Installing Docker on Windows
2. Installing Docker on Mac
3. Installing Docker on Linux/Unix
4. Operating System Compatibility with Various Docker Versions
5. Downloading Confluent Platform on Docker
6. Starting Confluent Platform on Docker
7. Apache Kafka Basic Commands

Installing Docker on Windows

Docker version 1.11 or later is installed and running. Let’s install Docker on Windows:

You can Install the docker by visiting Docker official website and then go to Get Started > Docker Desktop > Download for Windows