How to send Kafka data using Linux commands?

To send Kafka data using Linux commands, you can utilize the kafka-console-producer.sh script. Here are the specific steps:

1. Make sure you have installed and configured Kafka. If not, install Kafka and start the Kafka service before proceeding.
2. Open a terminal window and navigate to the bin directory within the Kafka installation directory.
3. Use the following command to send a message:
4. Execute the kafka console producer script with the specified broker list and topic name.
5. In this case, refers to a list of broker addresses in the Kafka cluster, separated by commas. You can find these addresses in the Kafka configuration file. is the name of the topic where you want to send messages.
6. Afterwards, you can start entering the message you want to send. Each time you press the Enter key, the message will be sent to the Kafka cluster.

Note: You need to make sure that the Kafka cluster is up and running, and that the specified topic exists in the cluster. If you encounter any issues, please check Kafka’s log files for more information.