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
l
hi Mickael,
Your response is very helpful!
In the documentation, we can focus solely on the "quick start" guide and
include a reminder that the Windows version of [software/product name] is *not
recommended for production use*.
Best,
Chia-Ping
Mickael Maison 於 2025年1月27日 週一 下午10:33寫道：
> Hi,
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 Ka
Ukpa Uchechi created KAFKA-18647:
Summary: Kafka QuickStart Documentation with Windows Support
Key: KAFKA-18647
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-18647
Project: Kafka
Issue
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
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 instructi
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
sted in Kafka but are inhibited by the lack of windows
> support.
>
> I notice in your documentation you state, "We have seen a few issues
> running on Windows and Windows is not currently a well supported platform
> though we would be happy to change that."
>
> Can yo
Hello,
My group produces system that have to run on both Linux and Windows. We're
very interested in Kafka but are inhibited by the lack of windows support.
I notice in your documentation you state, "We have seen a few issues running on
Windows and Windows is not currently a well
