From 6d29dcf343ecf260a254ceee769f0f238512da71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akash Sivakumar <73591598+Akash-0818@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 18:47:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 preprocessing/README.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
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@@ -15,7 +15,22 @@
   - Packet size - in bytes
 - `sample_output.csv` contains a partial subset of `202310081400.pcap`, ~600K packets
 
+# Setting up Kafka
+- Download and install kafka [from here](https://kafka.apache.org/downloads)
+- Run all commands in separate terminals from installation location
+- Zookeeper:
+  - Windows: `.\bin\windows\zookeeper-server-start.bat .\config\zookeeper.properties`
+  - Mac: `bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties`
+- Kafka Broker:
+  - Windows: `.\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\config\server.properties`
+  - Mac: `bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties`
+- Creating a Kafka topic:
+- Windows: `.\bin\windows\kafka-topics.bat --create --topic %topicname% --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1`
+- Mac: `bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --topic %topicname% --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1`
+
+
 # Streaming from pcap file using Kafka
+- Start zookeeper and Kafka broker whenever python code is run after machine reboot
 - Run pcap_processor.py file
 - Arguments
   - -f or --pcap_file: pcap file path, mandatory argument
@@ -26,4 +41,4 @@
   - -d or --debug: boolean value indicating if program is run in debug mode
   
 
-python pcap_processor.py -f C:/Users/akash/storage/Asu/sem3/dds/project/202310081400.pcap -s --sample-size 1000
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+python pcap_processor.py -f C:/Users/akash/storage/Asu/sem3/dds/project/202310081400.pcap -s --sample-size 1000