Hi Jan, .sh is not .bat and easily googleable.
Nothing is terrifying about updating the documentation, I just took umbrage at you "resenting" your 3 days you expended on learning the hard way that Windows is the minority market share in servers - you're resenting a free open source project? Because you don't know what a .sh file signifies? I'm sorry mate, but that's on you. I code for *nix but I know what .bat or .ps1 means. And given that 99.99% of FOSS is not built for Windows, you should always assume the worst unless you downloaded it from Codeplex or via NuGet. Consider those three days valuable learning instead. Kind regards, Liam Clarke On Wed, 5 Sep. 2018, 9:22 pm jan, <rtm4...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > Hi Liam, > as a DB guy that does MSSQL (on windows, obviously) I literally have > no idea what a .sh file is,or what that would imply. I guess it's bash > so yeah. > But what's so terrifying about actually stating in the FAQ that you > should not run it as production on windows? > Why should I conclude that kafka on windows, with java (which is > supported on windows), and a filesystem (which windows has), and > reliable networking (ditto), doesn't work? > When is "just read the code" ever an acceptable answer? > Why should I lose 3 days just because someone couldn't put "don't do > it" in the FAQ (which I did read), and also have other people need to > ask here whether windows is supported? > Why? > This is just nuts. > > cheers > > jan > > > On 05/09/2018, Liam Clarke <liam.cla...@adscale.co.nz> wrote: > > Hi Jan, > > > > I'd presume that downloading an archive and seeing a bunch of .sh files > > would imply that Kafka wasn't built to run on Windows. > > > > Given that it's a cluster based technology, I'd assume that it wouldn't > be > > supported for Windows given that most server based stuff isn't unless > > Microsoft built it. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Liam Clarke > > > > On Wed, 8 Aug. 2018, 2:42 am jan, <rtm4...@googlemail.com.invalid> > wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > >
