Three easy ways to run Kafka without Zookeeper
By Hugo Guerrero on 2022-01-03
There has been a couple of years since the announcement of the removal of Apache Zookeeper as a dependency to manage Apache Kafka metadata. Since version 2.8, we now can run a Kafka cluster without Zookeeper. This article will go over three easy ways to get started with a single node cluster using containers. Control and data planes Apache Kafka implements independent control and data planes for its clusters. The control plane manages the cluster, keeps track of what brokers are alive, and takes action when the set changes.
#kafka #apache kafka #zookeeper #apache zookeeper #kubernetes #docker #podman
Three ways to run Kubernetes in your laptop with Docker
By Hugo Guerrero on 2021-04-09
In the past, running a Kubernetes cluster on your laptop required several servers to get started or running heavyweight Virtual Machines in your local environment. Different projects began in recent years to make it easier to get started with Kubernetes in your computer and remove the dependency with VMs. This post will cover 3 of them to help you o get started with Kubernetes on your laptop just by using Docker.
#kubernetes #docker #minikube #kind #k3d
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