What is this?
Apache ZooKeeper is an open-source Java service for coordinating distributed systems — its repo topics cover coordination, consensus, configuration management, service discovery and a distributed key-value store.
Apache ZooKeeper is an open-source Java service for coordinating distributed systems — its repo topics cover coordination, consensus, configuration management, service discovery and a distributed key-value store.Is it a server I deploy, or a library I add to my Java project?Both shapes are official: releases include a bin tarball with all the jars required to run ZooKeeper, and the zookeeper artifacts are published to Maven Central for use as a dependency.
Both shapes are official: releases include a bin tarball with all the jars required to run ZooKeeper, and the zookeeper artifacts are published to Maven Central for use as a dependency.How do I get it running?Download the apache-zookeeper-[version]-bin.tar.gz release from the project website, or build from source with Maven — the assembled packages end up in zookeeper-assembly/target.
Download the apache-zookeeper-[version]-bin.tar.gz release from the project website, or build from source with Maven — the assembled packages end up in zookeeper-assembly/target.What do I need installed to build or run it?A JDK and Maven: it is a Java project assembled with mvn clean install, while the bin tarball already bundles the jars needed to run it.
A JDK and Maven: it is a Java project assembled with mvn clean install, while the bin tarball already bundles the jars needed to run it.Where can I run it — is it tied to a particular OS?No: it is plain Java shipped as OS-agnostic tar.gz archives, so it runs anywhere a JVM is available — Linux servers, macOS or Windows.
No: it is plain Java shipped as OS-agnostic tar.gz archives, so it runs anywhere a JVM is available — Linux servers, macOS or Windows.Is ZooKeeper still an actively maintained project?Yes — the Apache project is not archived, runs GitHub Actions pipelines for CI, end-to-end tests, scripts and its website, and takes part in Hacktoberfest.
Yes — the Apache project is not archived, runs GitHub Actions pipelines for CI, end-to-end tests, scripts and its website, and takes part in Hacktoberfest.Which topics is it in?service-discovery, configuration-management, zookeeper, consensus, apache, distributed-database, key-value, jvm, distributed-systems, java, hacktoberfest, backend
service-discovery, configuration-management, zookeeper, consensus, apache, distributed-database, key-value, jvm, distributed-systems, java, hacktoberfest, backend