Zookeeper

The video tutorial explains the role of Zookeeper in managing Kafka brokers, including leader election and notification handling. It highlights the importance of Zookeeper in production environments, where it operates with an odd number of servers. The tutorial also covers the leader and follower concept in Zookeeper, and how Kafka manages consumer offsets in its topics, isolating them from Zookeeper. Finally, it describes the interaction between Zookeeper and Kafka clusters, emphasizing the need for a well-configured setup.

What role does Zookeeper play in managing Kafka brokers?

Explain the leader election process in Zookeeper.

How does Zookeeper notify Kafka about changes?

What is the significance of having an odd number of Zookeeper servers in a production environment?

Describe how consumer offsets are managed in Kafka as opposed to Zookeeper.