Description

Installs kafka 0.7.2

Forked from WebTrends cookbooks but with the following differences:

• download kafka sources instead of binaries
• compile the sources
• doesn't depend on runit cookbook

Requirements

• Java cookbook version >= 1.5
• Zookeeper cookbook - The Kafka cookbook will utilize the clientPort from the Zookeeper cookbook as well as look for a role called "zookeeper" that is applied to nodes. All nodes with the role applied to them will be used as the Zookeeper quorum that Kafka connects to.

Attributes

• kafa.version - The Kafka version to pull and use
• kafa.install_dir - Location for Kafka to be installed
• kafa.data_dir - Location for Kafka logs
• kafa.log_dir - Location for Kafka log4j logs
• kafa.broker_id - The id of the broker. This must be set to a unique integer for each broker. If not set, it defaults to the machine's ip address without the '.'.
• kafa.broker_host_name - Hostname the broker will advertise to consumers. If not set, kafka will use the host name for the server being deployed to..
• kafa.port - The port the socket server listens on
• kafa.threads - The number of processor threads the socket server uses for receiving and answering requests. If not set, defaults to the number of cores on the machine
• kafa.log_flush_interval - The number of messages to accept before forcing a flush of data to disk
• kafa.log_flush_time_interval - The maximum amount of time (ms) a message can sit in a log before we force a flush
• kafa.log_flush_scheduler_time_interval - The interval (in ms) at which logs are checked to see if they need to be flushed to disk
• kafa.log_retention_hours - The minimum age of a log file to be eligible for deletion

Usage

• kafka - Install a Kafka broker.

= LICENSE and AUTHOR:

Author:: Rudy Krol

Copyright:: 2012, Rudy Krol

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