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Quick Start

Get started with kPow for in two minutes.
This page provides Quick Start instructions for Docker and JAR installations.
Docker Quick Start
To connect the latest kPow Docker image to a single, unsecured Kafka Cluster:
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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).
LICENSE_ID=1c99v4-f690-4a4f-b144-73de2369444a
LICENSE_CODE=TRIAL_30D
LICENSEE=My Corp
LICENSE_EXPIRY=2020-09-05
LICENSE_SIGNATURE=17D6DB591EF4A2F...
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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 -m1G --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 single, unsecured Kafka cluster:
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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
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=17D6DB591EF4A2F... \
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 -Xmx1G ./kpow-latest.jar
Run chmod +x start-kpow.sh then ./start-kpow.sh
kPow is now running on http://localhost:3000
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