This is an excellent suggestion and I intend to do so henceforth (thanks!), but it would be an adjunct to my request rather than the answer; it still needs to be made clear in the docs/faq that you *can't* use windows directly.
jan On 07/08/2018, Rahul Singh <rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would recommend using Docker — it would end up being run on a Linux kernel > VM on windows and is easier to get started on with a bit of learning curve > for Docker. Less time wasted overall and at least at that point you would > know Docker. > > Rahul > On Aug 7, 2018, 4:50 AM -0400, jan <rtm4...@googlemail.com.invalid>, wrote: >> I tried using it just for learning a while back and wasted 3 days >> because it's not supported on windows. Even basic stuff didn't work. I >> did read the docs first! >> >> I think I've seen other people on this list have questions >> about/problems for exactly the same reason, and that could be a lot of >> time saved if it was in the docs - it needs to be. So how do I ask the >> maintainers to put 'No, Not Windows" in there? >> Serious question. >> >> I resent losing 3 days of work because of essential missing info. It >> sounds like (compared to @M. Manna) that I got off lightly. >> >> So can we put a clear caveat in the documentation, please, right at the >> top? >> >> jan >> >> On 07/08/2018, M. Manna <manme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > The answer is - Absolutely not. If you don’t have Linux rack, or >> > Kubernetes >> > deployment -it will not work on Windows as guaranteed. >> > >> > I know this because I have tried to make it work for the past 1 year. >> > File >> > handling always fails and crashes the cluster on Windows. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 at 01:54, Alew <ale...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi! >> > > >> > > Is it recommended to use production Kafka cluster on Windows? >> > > >> > > Can't get it from the documentation. It is possible to start Kafka on >> > > Windows, but maybe it's for development purposes only. >> > > >> > > Thanks. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >
