diff --git a/scripts/services.yml b/scripts/services.yml
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+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  kafka:
+    image: bitnami/kafka:3.5.0
+    container_name: bitnami_kafka
+    ports:
+      - "9092:9092"
+    environment:
+      KAFKA_ENABLE_KRAFT: "true"
+      KAFKA_CFG_NODE_ID: "1"
+      KAFKA_CFG_PROCESS_ROLES: "broker,controller"
+      KAFKA_CFG_CONTROLLER_LISTENER_NAMES: "CONTROLLER"
+      KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS: "PLAINTEXT://:9092,CONTROLLER://:9093"
+      KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: "CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT"
+      KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS: "PLAINTEXT://127.0.0.1:9092"
+      KAFKA_CFG_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE: "true"
+      KAFKA_BROKER_ID: "1"
+      KAFKA_CFG_CONTROLLER_QUORUM_VOTERS: "1@kafka:9093"
+      ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER: "true"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server kafka:9092 --list"]
+      start_period: 10s
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
diff --git a/scripts/start_kafka_broker_locally.sh b/scripts/start_kafka_broker_locally.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker-compose -f ./scripts/services.yml up -d --no-recreate
diff --git a/scripts/stop_kafka_broker_locally.sh b/scripts/stop_kafka_broker_locally.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker-compose -f ./scripts/services.yml down
diff --git a/scripts/subscribe_to_kafka_broker_locally.sh b/scripts/subscribe_to_kafka_broker_locally.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <topic>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+topic="$1"
+
+docker exec -it bitnami_kafka /opt/bitnami/kafka/bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --consumer.config /opt/bitnami/kafka/config/consumer.properties --bootstrap-server kafka:9092 --topic "$topic"