Confluent Cookbook

Installs the Confluent package and can run its services,

• Kafka REST

Getting Started

Install/Configure Confluent Package

If you include the default recipe recipe[confluent] this will install the Confluent package and nothing else.

Start Kafka REST Service

If you include the recipe recipe[confluent::kafka-rest] this will install the Confluent package and start the
Kafka REST service.

You can configure the service using the attribtues node["confluent"]["kafka-rest"]["kafka-rest.properties"][...] = ....
Use Confluent's Kafka REST doc to figure out the
appropriate configuration for yourself.

Attributes

Generic

• node["confluent"]["version"] : The version of the Confluent package to install (default=1.0)
• node["confluent"]["scala_version"] : The scala version of the Confluent package to install (default=2.10.4)
• node["confluent"]["artifact_url"] : The URL to the Confluent package to install. This is generated using the version and scala_version attributes. It downloads from packages.confluent.io.
• node["confluent"]["install_dir"] : The directory to install the Confluent package (default=/opt/confluent)
• node["confluent"]["user"] : The user that owns the Confluent package files and runs the services
• node["confluent"]["group"] : The group that owns the Confluent package files and runs the services

Kafka REST

• node["confluent"]["kafka-rest"]["kafka-rest.properties"] : A Hash of properties that configure the Kafka REST service (default={})
• node["confluent"]["kafka-rest"]["log4j.properties"] : A Hash of properties that configure log4j for the Kafka REST service