Christian, I'm new to Kafka, too. The page linked below describes how ZK is typically used with Kafka, although it is my impression that you don't have to use ZK if you don't want to. Not using it is also described briefly in the design.
http://incubator.apache.org/kafka/design.html Ed On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Christian Carollo <ccaro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to get a broad overview of what Zookeeper provides kafka? Why > it is used with Kafka? > > Also in the Wiki > Operations, there is a Zookeeper section but it really > just says that it needs to be filled in. > Any chance we can get those operational details added? > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Operations#Operations-Zookeeper > > Thanks, > Christian
