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By using HDF 3.0 in VMware, how can I feed local .csv files from PC to it and pass it to Kafka Producer/Topic?

PPB — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:21:50 GMT

Hi Guys,

I just starting exploring Kafka using Docker. Today I have installed VMware version of HDF 3.0 and I am wondering whether it is possible to practice Kafka using some local files I am generating (.csv files stored in local file system - eg c:\temp\) by feeding them to Kafka Producer?

If so, could you provide some newbie guide on how to achieve this? I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

Re: By using HDF 3.0 in VMware, how can I feed local .csv files from PC to it and pass it to Kafka Producer/Topic?

youngick — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 17:23:00 GMT

You need to setup 'shared folder' between sandbox and windows on VMware.

And then refer this link for Kafka Producer

'https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/4140/hdp-twitter-demo-send-data-into-kafka-from-csv.html'

Re: By using HDF 3.0 in VMware, how can I feed local .csv files from PC to it and pass it to Kafka Producer/Topic?

PPB — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:09:55 GMT

I will give it a try, thank you.