That's fair, I’ve run into issues trying to start Kafka with the batch file on Windows, like the "input line too long" error. The fixes for this aren’t straightforward and might not work across all Windows versions or setups.
Right now, the documentation only mentions supported operating systems later on, which could make users think Kafka works fine on Windows. It would be helpful to clarify at the start of the guide that Unix-based systems are the standard for running Kafka, and Windows users should consider using WSL as an alternative. Best Regards, Uchechi On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM Mickael Maison <mickael.mai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > One thing to keep in mind is that at the moment Windows not documented > as a supported OS: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#os > The main reason is the lack of testing. Our CI does not include > Windows environments and as far as I'm aware none of the committers or > active contributors run Kafka on Windows. > > Users have reported a bunch of issues on Windows, for example see > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-18647?jql=summary%20~%20windows%20AND%20project%20%3D%20KAFKA%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20created%20DESC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20updated%20DESC > (ignore the Streams windowing issues!) > > So I'm not sure if we want to actively advertise Windows when we are > aware of issues, and not in a position to properly address them. > > Thanks, > Mickael > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM Ukpa Uchechi <ukpauchec...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Chia-Ping, > > > > Thank you for your encouraging response and for the helpful resource! > I’ll > > submit a JIRA ticket and start working on the pull request. > > > > I’ll make sure to ping you once the PR is ready for review. I appreciate > > your willingness to review it. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Uchechi > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 at 15:50, Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > hi Uchechi > > > > > > This is an excellent suggestion. Considering Kafka provides numerous > batch > > > scripts tailored for Windows users ( > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/tree/trunk/bin/windows), > > > I encourage you to submit a JIRA ticket and a pull request to enrich > the > > > documentation with Windows-specific instructions. > > > > > > Additionally, please feel free to ping me in the PR. I'd like to be a > > > reviewer :) > > > > > > Best, > > > Chia-Ping > > > > > > Ukpa Uchechi <ukpauchec...@gmail.com> 於 2025年1月25日 週六 下午7:35寫道： > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I noticed that the Kafka Quick Start documentation doesn’t currently > > > > include support or instructions specific to Windows > environments.Would > > > > there be any plans to address this, or is there a reason it hasn’t > been > > > > included yet? > > > > > > > > If so, I’d be happy to contribute to expanding the documentation to > > > include > > > > Windows-specific guidance. Please let me know if this is something > the > > > team > > > > would be open to. > > > > > > > > Thank you for all your hard work on Kafka! > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Uchechi > > > > > > > >
