Hi,
1. ZK is used for co-ordination between brokers, controller election,
leader election, storing topic configuration etc.
I think we use both sequential and ephemeral nodes.
2. Yes, Kafka uses ZK watches for controller changes, new topic creation,
new partition creation, leader chan
Hi Prabcs,
Much of that information can be found in the documentation and on the wiki.
The remaining can be found in the code. Any improvements to the
documentation is not only welcome but encouraged. Below are a few links to
get you started:
Documentation (See "Zookeeper Directories"):
http://ka
Hello Folks,
I wish to contribute to Kafka internals. And, one of the things which can
help me do that is understanding how kafka uses zookeeper. I have some of
these basic doubts:-
1. Is zookeeper primarily used for locking ? If yes, in what cases and what
kind of nodes does it use - sequential/
