Kafka-Windows-Service

C# Wrapper to host Apache Kafka as a Windows Service using TopShelf.

On starting the service will:

• Download Kafka 2.12-0.10.2.1
• Adjust the settings for a Windows environment
• Run Zookeeper in a seperate process
• Run Kafka in a seperate process

This is a single instance of Kafka useful for developing against locally.

Prerequisites

You'll need the following first to get the service running:

• JDK 1.8 or greater
• The JAVA_HOME system environmental variable set correctly

Installation

• Build the project in Release mode
• Open Command Prompt as Administrator
• CD to the bin/Release directory
• Run "KafkaService.exe install"
• RUn "KafkaService.exe start"
• This will install and start a service called "Kafka.Service"
  • Configured to run under the Local Service account
  • Set to start automatically when your machine starts

Uninstall

If you wish to uninstall the service:

• Open Command Prompt as Administrator
• CD to the bin/Release directory
• Run "KafkaService.exe uninstall"

Configuration

You can configure the version of Kafka and the install location (default is C:\kafka_2.12-0.10.2.1) in the Constants.cs file.