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name">C</span>:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>ls docker-compose.yml <span class="hljs-name">C</span>:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>docker-compose up -d [+] Running <span class="hljs-number">2</span>/<span class="hljs-number">2</span>

  • Network kraft_default Created <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>s
  • Container kraft-kafka<span class="hljs-number">-1</span> Started

<span class="hljs-name">C</span>:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES <span class="hljs-number">54342e49</span>a1f2 bitnami/<span class="hljs-name">kafka</span>:latest <span class="hljs-string">"/opt/bitnami/script…"</span> <span class="hljs-number">18</span> seconds ago Up <span class="hljs-number">17</span> seconds <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span><span class="hljs-number">.0</span><span class="hljs-number">.0</span>:<span class="hljs-number">9092</span>-><span class="hljs-number">9092</span>/tcp kraft-kafka<span class="hljs-number">-1</span> <span class="hljs-number">0.5</span>s</pre></div><h2 id="095a">1.5 Create Kafka topic</h2><p id="0672">We’ll login to the instance and create a test topic in Kafka</p><div id="aaf2"><pre><span class="hljs-comment">## Login to Kafka docker instance</span> C:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>docker exec -it kraft-kafka-1 <span class="hljs-string">/bin/bash</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">cd</span> <span class="hljs-string">/opt/bitnami/kafka</span> <span class="hljs-string">/opt/bitnami/kafka</span> <span class="hljs-string">./bin/kafka-topics.sh</span> <span class="hljs-params">--version</span> 3.4.0 <span class="hljs-params">(Commit:2e1947d240607d53)</span>

<span class="hljs-comment">## Create topic named "test_topic"</span> <span class="hljs-string">/opt/bitnami/kafka</span>$ <span class="hljs-string">./bin/kafka-topics.sh</span> <span class="hljs-params">--bootstrap-server</span> localhost<span class="hljs-function">:9092</span> <span class="hljs-params">--create</span> <span class="hljs-params">--replication-factor</span> 1 <span class="hljs-params">--partitions</span> 2 <span class="hljs-params">--topic</span> test_topic WARNING: Due to limitations in metric names, topics with a period <span class="hljs-params">('.')</span> or underscore <span class="hljs-params">('_')</span> could collide. To avoid issues it is best to use either, but not both. Created topic test_topic.

<span class="hljs-comment">## List current topics</span> <span class="hljs-string">/opt/bitnami/kafka</span>$ <span class="hljs-string">./bin/kafka-topics.sh</span> <span class="hljs-params">--bootstrap-server</span> localhost<span class="hljs-function">:9092</span> <span class="hljs-params">--list</span> test_topic</pre></div><p id="8304">So by now we have a Kafka docker instance running successfully.</p><h1 id="80ee">2 Run sanity checks using simple producer/consumer app codes</h1><h2 id="b504">2.1 Setup producer/consumer Dev ENV</h2><div id="8e5b"><pre>## Create conda env <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> Kafka producer <span class="hljs-keyword">and</span> cosumer <span class="hljs-name">C</span>:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>conda create -n kafka_env python=<span class="hljs-number">3.10</span> ... <span class="hljs-name">C</span>:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>conda activate kafka_env

Install kafka-python <span class="hljs-built_in">package</span>

(kafka_env) <span class="hljs-name">C</span>:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>pip install kafka-python ... (kafka_env) <span class="hljs-name">C</span>:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>pip list | grep kafka kafka-python <span class="hljs-number">2.0</span><span class="hljs-number">.2</span>

Install Faker <span class="hljs-built_in">package</span> to generate dummy messages

(kafka_env) <span class="hljs-name">C</span>:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>pip install Faker ... (kafka_env) <span class="hljs-name">C</span>:\Users<span class="hljs-number">6119811</span>\Kafka\kraft>pip list | grep Faker Faker <span class="hljs-number">17.3</span><span class="hljs-number">.0</span></pre></div><h2 id="6701">2.2 Code examples</h2><p id="c7dc">Now we can use VSCode to create producer/consumer files.</p><p id="fc6a">Producer generate fake user info as JSON load sending to Kafka topic “test_topic”. producer.py is like following.</p><div id="8801"><pre><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> time <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> json <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> datetime <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> datetime <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> kafka <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> KafkaProducer <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> faker <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> Faker

<span class="hljs-comment"># JSON messages needs to be serialized</span> <span class="hljs-comment"># when sending to Kafka topic </span> <span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">json_serializer</span>(<span class="hljs-params">message</span>): <span class="hljs-keyword">return</span> json.dumps(message

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).encode(<span class="hljs-string">'utf-8'</span>) <span class="hljs-comment"># Kafka Producer</span> producer = KafkaProducer( bootstrap_servers=[<span class="hljs-string">'localhost:9092'</span>], value_serializer=json_serializer ) <span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> name == <span class="hljs-string">'main'</span>: fake = Faker() <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> i <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> <span class="hljs-built_in">range</span>(<span class="hljs-number">0</span>, <span class="hljs-number">3</span>): <span class="hljs-comment"># Generate a fake JSON message</span> name = fake.name() email = fake.email() city = fake.city() fake_message = { <span class="hljs-string">"name"</span>: name, <span class="hljs-string">"email"</span>: email, <span class="hljs-string">"city"</span>: city }

    <span class="hljs-comment"># Send fake JSON message to Kafka topic</span>
    <span class="hljs-built_in">print</span>(<span class="hljs-string">f'<span class="hljs-subst">{datetime.now()}</span>: Message = <span class="hljs-subst">{<span class="hljs-built_in">str</span>(fake_message)}</span>'</span>)
    producer.send(<span class="hljs-string">'test_topic'</span>, fake_message)
                                                          
    time.sleep(<span class="hljs-number">1</span>)</pre></div><p id="6594">And here is our consumer.py</p><div id="a19b"><pre><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> json 

<span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> kafka <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> KafkaConsumer

<span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> name == <span class="hljs-string">'main'</span>: <span class="hljs-comment"># Kafka Consumer</span> consumer = KafkaConsumer( <span class="hljs-string">'test_topic'</span>, bootstrap_servers=<span class="hljs-string">'localhost:9092'</span>, auto_offset_reset=<span class="hljs-string">'earliest'</span> ) <span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> message <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> consumer: <span class="hljs-built_in">print</span>(json.loads(message.value))</pre></div><p id="8d09">OK, now let’s start consumer and run producer to send some fake message for a sanity check.</p><div id="572f"><pre><span class="hljs-comment"># Run producer</span> (kafka_env) C:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>python producer.py 2023-02-25 18:48:41.143953: Message = {<span class="hljs-string">'name'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Susan Best'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'email'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'[email protected]'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'city'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Kellytown'</span>} 2023-02-25 18:48:42.160545: Message = {<span class="hljs-string">'name'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'James Wilson'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'email'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'[email protected]'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'city'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Lake Bryanfort'</span>} 2023-02-25 18:48:43.177933: Message = {<span class="hljs-string">'name'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Haley Brooks'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'email'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'[email protected]'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'city'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'East Janetburgh'</span>}

<span class="hljs-comment"># Monitor consumer</span> (kafka_env) C:\Users\feng\Kafka\kraft>python consumer.py {<span class="hljs-string">'name'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Susan Best'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'email'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'[email protected]'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'city'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Kellytown'</span>} {<span class="hljs-string">'name'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'James Wilson'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'email'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'[email protected]'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'city'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Lake Bryanfort'</span>} {<span class="hljs-string">'name'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'Haley Brooks'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'email'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'[email protected]'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'city'</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'East Janetburgh'</span>}</pre></div><p id="3143">Great, our Kafka Docker instance and simple applications are working as expected!</p><p id="79d6">Happy Reading!</p><div id="2213" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/@fengliplatform/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - Feng Li</h2> <div><h3>Writing helps ourselves, sharing helps many. It started from study notes for myself with no pressure of perfection…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*K9psL5RefQfuKkzr)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

My Biggest Regrets and What I’ve Gained

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Hindsight, they say, is 20/20, but sometimes, 20/20 vision only serves to paint the past in harsh, unforgiving hindsight. The shadows of choices made, paths not taken, and words left unsaid stretch long and accusing, flooding your mind with regrets that claw at the present.

There are regrets that linger like the scent of burnt toast, constantly reminding you of a moment’s carelessness. The harsh words flung at a loved one, the opportunity fumbled through fear, the bridge left unmended when pride held the hammer. These regrets, though painful, often hold valuable lessons, bitter pills coated with the wisdom of hindsight.

Then there are the regrets that hit closer to home, with a deeper resonance. The career path that was abandoned, the love that was confessed too late, the apology that was never uttered. These regrets, etched deeper, carry the weight of “what ifs,” their tendrils reaching into the present, casting doubt and fueling anxieties.

Living with regret is an art, a constant transition between acknowledging the past and clinging to its shadows. It’s about recognizing the lessons learned, the paths rerouted, and the person shaped by those choices. It’s understanding that regrets, though heavy, do not define us.

For within our regrets, sorrow, and missed chances lie unexpected gains. The strength found in overcoming past mistakes, the empathy born from understanding another’s pain, the resilience built from navigating life’s storms. These gains, hard-won and often unseen, become the whispers of hope amidst the echoes of regret.

I may never fully escape the shadows of my past choices, but I can choose to learn from them, grow from them, and even find solace in the unexpected strength they’ve fostered. The path forward must not include erasing the past but mainly integrating its lessons into who I am today, carrying the baggage of regret with grace and the gain with gratitude.

Because ultimately, our regrets, like our victories, are part of the intricate story of our lives. While the effect of the past may be tangible, it should not dictate the future. We can choose to listen, learn, and move forward, carrying the weight of experience but not letting it crush our spirit. For even with the reality of regret, there is hope for the future if painted with forgiveness, acceptance, and the quiet strength that comes from knowing, even amidst the shadows, that we are still growing, still learning, and still becoming.

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