Kafka Tutorial: Using Kafka from the Command Line - 2025 Edition
🚀 What’s New in This 2025 Update
Major Updates and Changes
- KRaft Mode - No more ZooKeeper! Using Kafka’s native consensus
- Kafka 4.0 - Latest version with simplified operations
- Updated Commands - Modern CLI syntax and options
- Cloud Options - Quick start with Docker and cloud services
- Performance Tools - New monitoring and testing utilities
Key Improvements Since 2017
- ✅ Single Process - Kafka runs standalone with KRaft
- ✅ Faster Startup - Seconds instead of minutes
- ✅ Simpler Config - Fewer configuration files
- ✅ Better Defaults - Production-ready out of the box
Ready to get hands-on with Kafka? Let’s start from the command line and see Kafka 4.0 in action!