Simple app that runs Kafka locally using spring-kafka-test.

• Configuration-free
• Kafka downloaded through Maven
• Useful in restricted environments without Docker or alternatives

./run-kafka.sh

This will start Kafka on port 9092 with a topic topic.

To change the port or topic, use the environment variables KAFKA_PORT and KAFKA_TOPIC:

KAFKA_PORT=12345 KAFKA_TOPIC=test-topic ./run-kafka.sh

Press Ctrl+C.