We will use Docker Compose to orchestrate Kafka. Go ahead and create a new YML file called docker-compose-kafka.yml directly under the geolocation project. Then, add the following snippet to the newly created Docker Compose file:
version: "2"
services:
zookeeper:
image: wurstmeister/zookeeper
ports:
- "2181:2181"
kafka:
image: wurstmeister/kafka:0.10.1.0-1
ports:
- "9092:9092"
environment:
KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME: 192.168.99.100
KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
As you can see, we have not used any official images. At the time of writing this, there is no official image for Kafka. However, there are Kafka images listed under the Confluent organization in Docker Hub. Confluent is the company behind Kafka and the Confluent platform. It was built by...