How To Install burrow on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install burrow on Ubuntu 20.04. burrow is Apache Kafka consumer lag checking

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install burrow on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is burrow

burrow is:

Burrow is a monitoring companion for Apache Kafka that provides consumer lag checking as a service without the need for specifying thresholds. It monitors committed offsets for all consumers and calculates the status of those consumers on demand.

An HTTP endpoint is provided to request status on demand, as well as provide other Kafka cluster information.

There are also configurable notifiers that can send status out via email or HTTP calls to another service.

There are three methods to install burrow on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install burrow Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install burrow using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install burrow

Install burrow Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install burrow using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install burrow

Install burrow Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install burrow using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install burrow

How To Uninstall burrow on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the burrow package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove burrow

Uninstall burrow And Its Dependencies

To uninstall burrow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove burrow

Remove burrow Configurations and Data

To remove burrow configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge burrow

Remove burrow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove burrow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge burrow

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install burrow package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.