Requirements

The following sections describe the supported versions of operating systems and JDK for Cloudera Distribution of Apache Kafka 1.3.2.

Supported Operating Systems

Kafka 1.3.2 provides parcels for RHEL-compatible, SLES, Ubuntu, and Debian systems as described below.

Operating System Version Packages
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)-compatible
RHEL 5.7 64-bit
  5.10 64-bit
  6.4 64-bit
  6.5 64-bit
  6.5 in SE Linux mode 64-bit
  6.6 64-bit
  7.1 64-bit
CentOS 5.7 64-bit
  5.10 64-bit
  6.4 64-bit
  6.5 64-bit
  6.5 in SE Linux mode 64-bit
  6.6 64-bit
Oracle Linux with default kernel and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5.6 (UEK R2) 64-bit
  6.4 (UEK R2) 64-bit
  6.5 (UEK R2, UEK R3) 64-bit
  6.6 (UEK R3) 64-bit
SLES
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 with Service Pack 2 64-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 with Service Pack 3 64-bit
Ubuntu/Debian
Ubuntu Precise (12.04) - Long-Term Support (LTS) 64-bit
  Trusty (14.04) - Long-Term Support (LTS) 64-bit
Debian Wheezy (7.0, 7.1) 64-bit

Supported JDK Versions

Kafka is supported with the versions shown in the following table:
Minimum Supported Version Recommended Version Exceptions
1.7.0_55 1.7.0_67 or 1.7.0_75 None
1.8.0_40 1.8.0_40 None