Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used for building real-time data pipelines and applications. Originally developed by LinkedIn and now part of the Apache Software Foundation, Kafka is designed for high-throughput, low-latency, and fault-tolerant data processing across systems.
In this tutorial, we will show you the complete steps to install Apache Kafka on Ubuntu 24.04 OS.
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