Installing ZooKeeper on POP! OS Latest using http://zookeeper.apache.org/

ZooKeeper is a distributed coordination service that helps you manage distributed applications. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install and setup ZooKeeper on POP! OS, which is a popular Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

• POP! OS Latest installed on your system
• A working internet connection

Step 1: Download ZooKeeper

First, you need to download the latest version of ZooKeeper from the official website using wget command in the terminal:

wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.7.0/apache-zookeeper-3.7.0-bin.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract ZooKeeper

Next, extract the ZooKeeper archive using the following command:

tar -xvf apache-zookeeper-3.7.0-bin.tar.gz

Step 3: Configure ZooKeeper

To configure ZooKeeper, you need to make a copy of the zoo_sample.cfg file and name it zoo.cfg. You can do this by using the following command in the terminal:

cd apache-zookeeper-3.7.0-bin
cp conf/zoo_sample.cfg conf/zoo.cfg

Step 4: Start ZooKeeper

Finally, start ZooKeeper using the following command:

bin/zkServer.sh start

By default, ZooKeeper will bind to localhost on port 2181. You can verify whether ZooKeeper is running by using the following command:

bin/zkServer.sh status

This will output the status of the ZooKeeper service.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed and setup ZooKeeper on POP! OS Latest. You can now use ZooKeeper to manage distributed applications.

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