Chapter 2
Environment Setup on Window 10 Machine
Section 1
Installing Confluent Kafka - Windows WSL
This video will show you the steps to set up and run Confluent Kafka on a Windows machine. So, it is recommended for you to get the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which is also known as WSL. You will need at least Windows 10 operating system. WSL is not supported on older versions of Windows. But it works on Windows Home as well as Windows Pro. You will need to have the latest Windows updates. In this video, we will learn to set up and configure WSL on your Windows 10 machine, followed by checking for JDK and installing Windows Terminal. Next, we will be installing and running Confluent Kafka locally in the Ubuntu subsystem.