Author: jkreps Date: Thu Mar 13 00:00:03 2014 New Revision: 1577008 URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1577008 Log: Update quickstart to use binary distribution so no build step is required.
Modified: kafka/site/081/quickstart.html Modified: kafka/site/081/quickstart.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/kafka/site/081/quickstart.html?rev=1577008&r1=1577007&r2=1577008&view=diff ============================================================================== --- kafka/site/081/quickstart.html (original) +++ kafka/site/081/quickstart.html Thu Mar 13 00:00:03 2014 @@ -1,19 +1,16 @@ <h3><a id="quickstart">1.3 Quick Start</a></h3> +This tutorial assumes you are starting fresh and have no existing Kafka or ZooKeeper data. + <h4> Step 1: Download the code </h4> -<a href="../downloads.html" title="Kafka downloads">Download</a> the 0.8.1 release. +<a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/kafka/0.8.1/kafka_2.9.2-0.8.1.tgz" title="Kafka downloads">Download</a> the 0.8.1 release and un-tar it. <pre> -> <b>tar -xzf kafka-<VERSION>.tgz</b> -> <b>cd kafka-<VERSION></b> -> <b>./sbt update</b> -> <b>./sbt package</b> -> <b>./sbt assembly-package-dependency</b> +> <b>tar -xzf kafka_2.9.2-0.8.1.tgz</b> +> <b>cd kafka_2.9.2-0.8.1</b> </pre> -This tutorial assumes you are starting on a fresh ZooKeeper instance and Kafka server with no pre-existing data. - <h4>Step 2: Start the server</h4> <p>