Apache kafka + Spring Boot Installation: install link apache kafka 2.13-2.6.0: https://kafka.apache.org/downloads Start the kafka environment: Go to kafka directory from terminal: $ cd kafka 2.13-2.6.0 Start the ZooKeeper service $ bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties Start the Kafka broker service $ bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties