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What is the main purpose of the kafka-console-consumer.sh tool?

easy📝 Conceptual Q2 of 15
Kafka - Basics and Event Streaming
What is the main purpose of the kafka-console-consumer.sh tool?
ATo produce messages to a Kafka topic
BTo consume and display messages from a Kafka topic
CTo create new Kafka topics
DTo configure Kafka brokers
Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:

  1. Step 1: Understand the role of kafka-console-consumer.sh

    This tool reads messages from Kafka topics and displays them on the console.

  2. Step 2: Differentiate from other tools

    Producing messages is done by kafka-console-producer.sh, not consumer.

  3. Final Answer:

    To consume and display messages from a Kafka topic -> Option B

  4. Quick Check:

    Consume messages = kafka-console-consumer.sh [OK]
Quick Trick: Use kafka-console-consumer.sh to read messages from topics [OK]
Common Mistakes:
  • Mixing producer and consumer tools
  • Thinking it creates topics
  • Assuming it configures brokers

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