Java client for confluent community broker

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I have installed confluent community edition on my azure vm. I am able to start zookeeper and start broker and created a test topic.

https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/installing_cp/zip-tar.html?_gl=1*r8d39c*_ga*MTAxMjEzMzM1NS4xNzEzMjA2NjY3*_ga_D2D3EGKSGD*MTcxNDQyMDQ1MC4xMS4xLjE3MTQ0MjMzMTkuMTMuMC4w&_ga=2.129816588.1832494081.1714404697-1012133355.1713206667&_gac=1.192820824.1713818824.Cj0KCQjwlZixBhCoARIsAIC745BXadpfOVYd6t3ZjGkY_ZHrxV0j1-V7PadMXLEdBw3AZyASR5UiEfoaAo8NEALw_wcB#prerequisites

Now i need a java client to write into the topic. I see the steps to build client application but it requires docker to be installed.
Can i just have java producer and build jar?
I see in apache kafka HD insight we had java code that can be built and run.

Any inputs for this will be helpfule.

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Where are you seeing these steps?

This Java client getting started guide can help to get you going without Docker. On the Kafka Setup page, select I have my own cluster already! in the Kafka location dropdown.

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Here

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Ah, that tutorial only uses Docker to run Kafka. You don’t need Docker to build or run the client app. So, if you already have a cluster and topic created, you could start at Step 5, and add your cluster connection properties in Step 6 in place of the localhost:29092 bootstrap endpoint that you get if you run Kafka in Docker in the previous steps.