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Quick Start

Get started with kPow for Apache Kafka in under two minutes
This page provides Quick Start instructions for Docker and JAR installations.
Use our Helm and CloudFormation guides to get up and running in minutes.
Docker Quick Start
kPow Docker images are hosted at Docker Hub.
To connect the latest kPow Docker image to a Kafka Cluster:
Get a Free Trial License.
Create a config.env file containing your connection, license, and feature variables.
## The Kafka Bootstrap URL for your cluster (Required).
BOOTSTRAP=kafka-1:9092,kafka-2:9092,kafka-3:9092
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## Your license details (Required).
## These parameters can be cut/paste from your license email
LICENSE_ID=1c99v4-f690-4a4f-b144-73de2369444a
LICENSE_CODE=TRIAL_30D
LICENSEE=My Corp
LICENSE_EXPIRY=2020-09-05
LICENSE_SIGNATURE=15CFFF969111DB6DCA142B6F1E0065F94A614251B80128D52C2CD45993A021AE10E90F57B90FF76CC1B992C16E54BCF1CBE7E5EE3124B3E585BE133774836A6EBB51B55E67EF60F4A435EBEC9F07A26CEABDCF6E3CF4137A33201E7662AF1F7986E57341E0EAEB884BBF320C348D62679F521259DAD1E03F6F79DB53D83CD41B
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## Optional from here:
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## Name your Operatr installation (this appears in the UI)
ENVIRONMENT_NAME=Trade Book (Staging)
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## Operatr Feature Flags (See: RBAC for per user controls):
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## Allow users to create new topics 
ALLOW_TOPIC_CREATE=true
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## Allow users to delete topics 
ALLOW_TOPIC_DELETE=true
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## Allow users to edit topic configuration
ALLOW_TOPIC_EDIT=true
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## Allow users to view topic data
ALLOW_TOPIC_INSPECT=true
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## Allow users to produce messages to topics
ALLOW_TOPIC_PRODUCE=true
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## ... etc (see guide for more configuration flags).
Start the latest kPow container with your config.env file.
docker run -p 3000:3000 -m2G --env-file ./config.env operatr/kpow:latest
kPow is now running on http://localhost:3000
JAR Quick Start
To connect the latest kPow JAR to a Kafka cluster:
Get a Free Trial License.
Download the latest kPow JAR.
Create astart-kpow.sh that sets environment variables and starts the JAR
Note: Quoting may be required for some variables
Some variables may require quotes, and each line ends with a \ character.
BOOTSTRAP="kafka-1:9092,kafka-2:9092,kafka-3:9092" \
LICENSE_ID=1c99v4-f690-4a4f-b144-73de2369444a \
LICENSE_CODE=TRIAL_30D \
LICENSEE="My Corp" \
LICENSE_EXPIRY=2020-09-05 \
LICENSE_SIGNATURE=15CFFF969111DB6DCA142B6F1E0065F94A614251B80128D52C2CD45993A021AE10E90F57B90FF76CC1B992C16E54BCF1CBE7E5EE3124B3E585BE133774836A6EBB51B55E67EF60F4A435EBEC9F07A26CEABDCF6E3CF4137A33201E7662AF1F7986E57341E0EAEB884BBF320C348D62679F521259DAD1E03F6F79DB53D83CD41B \
ENVIRONMENT_NAME="Trade Book (Staging)" \
ALLOW_TOPIC_CREATE=true \
ALLOW_TOPIC_DELETE=true \
ALLOW_TOPIC_EDIT=true \
ALLOW_TOPIC_INSPECT=true \
ALLOW_TOPIC_PRODUCE=true \
java -jar -Xmx2G ./kpow-latest.jar
Run chmod +x start-kpow.sh then ./start-kpow.sh
kPow is now running on http://localhost:3000
Java Commands
In general we recommend starting kPow with a Java command similar to our Dockerfile:
java -jar -Xmx2G ./kpow-latest.jar
However java -jar strips any classpath parameters you pass to the command which might be a problem in certain installation cases or when configuring Custom Serdes.
To pass extra classpath parameters to kPow, or simply to start with the plain java command you can:
java -Xmx2G -cp ./kpow-latest.jar:another.jar operatr.kpow
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