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Requirements

Section titled “Requirements”
  • Java 17+
  • Maven 3.9+
  • Node.js 20+
  • npm 10+

Start the backend

Section titled “Start the backend”
Terminal window
cd backend
mvn spring-boot:run

The backend listens on http://localhost:4040.

Start the frontend

Section titled “Start the frontend”

In another terminal:

Terminal window
cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

The frontend runs at http://localhost:4041/ and proxies /api to port 4040.

First-run setup

Section titled “First-run setup”
  1. Open the web interface.
  2. Initialize the administrator password.
  3. Sign in and create a Kafka connection.
  4. Enter bootstrap servers, authentication, and TLS settings.
  5. Run the connection test and review sanitized diagnostics.
  6. Save the connection and open Topics or Brokers.

Start with a dedicated test cluster. Topic creation/deletion, partition expansion, ACL changes, and offset resets can affect production workloads and should follow formal change approval.