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mode on your own machine within a Docker container.</p>
<p>If you don't have Docker installed, you can download the <a href="https://www.docker.com/community-edition">Community edition</a>
and follow the instructions for your OS.</p>
<h2><a class="anchor" aria-hidden="true" id="starting-pulsar-inside-docker"></a><a href="#starting-pulsar-inside-docker" aria-hidden="true" class="hash-link"><svg class="hash-link-icon" aria-hidden="true" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Starting Pulsar inside Docker</h2>
<pre><code class="hljs css language-shell"><span class="hljs-meta">$</span><span class="bash"> docker run -it \</span>
  -p 6650:6650 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v $PWD/data:/pulsar/data \
  apachepulsar/pulsar:{{site.current_version}} \
  bin/pulsar standalone
</code></pre>
<p>Under Windows, you should use something like the following docker command:</p>
<pre><code class="hljs css language-shell"><span class="hljs-meta">$</span><span class="bash"> docker run -it \</span>
  -p 6650:6650 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v "$PWD/data:/pulsar/data".ToLower() \
  apachepulsar/pulsar:{{site.current_version}} \
  bin/pulsar standalone
</code></pre>
<p>A few things to note about this command:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>$PWD/data</code> : The docker host directory under the Windows operating system must be lowercase.<code>$PWD/data</code> can provide you with the specified directory, for example: <code>E:/data</code>.</li>
<li><code>-v $PWD/data:/pulsar/data</code>: This will make the process inside the container to store the
data and metadata in the filesystem outside the container, in order to not start &quot;fresh&quot; every
time the container is restarted.</li>
</ul>
<p>If Pulsar has been successfully started, you should see <code>INFO</code>-level log messages like this:</p>
<pre><code class="hljs"><span class="hljs-number">2017</span><span class="hljs-number">-08</span><span class="hljs-number">-09</span> <span class="hljs-number">22</span>:<span class="hljs-number">34</span>:<span class="hljs-number">04</span>,<span class="hljs-number">030</span> - INFO  - [main:<span class="hljs-symbol">WebService@</span><span class="hljs-number">213</span>] - Web Service started at http:<span class="hljs-comment">//127.0.0.1:8080</span>
<span class="hljs-number">2017</span><span class="hljs-number">-08</span><span class="hljs-number">-09</span> <span class="hljs-number">22</span>:<span class="hljs-number">34</span>:<span class="hljs-number">04</span>,<span class="hljs-number">038</span> - INFO  - [main:<span class="hljs-symbol">PulsarService@</span><span class="hljs-number">335</span>] - messaging service <span class="hljs-keyword">is</span> ready, bootstrap service on port=<span class="hljs-number">8080</span>, broker url=pulsar:<span class="hljs-comment">//127.0.0.1:6650, cluster=standalone, configs=org.apache.pulsar.broker.ServiceConfiguration@4db60246</span>
...
</code></pre>
<blockquote>
<h4><a class="anchor" aria-hidden="true" id="automatically-created-namespace"></a><a href="#automatically-created-namespace" aria-hidden="true" class="hash-link"><svg class="hash-link-icon" aria-hidden="true" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Automatically created namespace</h4>
<p>When you start a local standalone cluster, Pulsar will automatically create a <code>public/default</code>
namespace that you can use for development purposes. All Pulsar topics are managed within namespaces.
For more info, see <a href="/docs/en/2.2.1/concepts-messaging#topics">Topics</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<h2><a class="anchor" aria-hidden="true" id="start-publishing-and-consuming-messages"></a><a href="#start-publishing-and-consuming-messages" aria-hidden="true" class="hash-link"><svg class="hash-link-icon" aria-hidden="true" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Start publishing and consuming messages</h2>
<p>Pulsar currently offers client libraries for <a href="/docs/en/2.2.1/client-libraries-java">Java</a>, <a href="/docs/en/2.2.1/client-libraries-go">Go</a>, <a href="/docs/en/2.2.1/client-libraries-python">Python</a>
and <a href="/docs/en/2.2.1/client-libraries-cpp">C++</a>. If you're running a local standalone cluster, you can
use one of these root URLs for interacting with your cluster:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>pulsar://localhost:6650</code></li>
<li><code>http://localhost:8080</code></li>
</ul>
<p>Here's an example that lets you quickly get started with Pulsar by using the <a href="/docs/en/2.2.1/client-libraries-python">Python</a>
client API.</p>
<p>You can install the Pulsar Python client library directly from <a href="https://pypi.org/project/pulsar-client/">PyPI</a>:</p>
<pre><code class="hljs css language-shell"><span class="hljs-meta">$</span><span class="bash"> pip install pulsar-client</span>
</code></pre>
<p>First create a consumer and subscribe to the topic:</p>
<pre><code class="hljs css language-python"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> pulsar

client = pulsar.Client(<span class="hljs-string">'pulsar://localhost:6650'</span>)
consumer = client.subscribe(<span class="hljs-string">'my-topic'</span>,
                            subscription_name=<span class="hljs-string">'my-sub'</span>)

<span class="hljs-keyword">while</span> <span class="hljs-literal">True</span>:
    msg = consumer.receive()
    print(<span class="hljs-string">"Received message: '%s'"</span> % msg.data())
    consumer.acknowledge(msg)

client.close()
</code></pre>
<p>Now we can start a producer to send some test messages:</p>
<pre><code class="hljs css language-python"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> pulsar

client = pulsar.Client(<span class="hljs-string">'pulsar://localhost:6650'</span>)
producer = client.create_producer(<span class="hljs-string">'my-topic'</span>)

<span class="hljs-keyword">for</span> i <span class="hljs-keyword">in</span> range(<span class="hljs-number">10</span>):
    producer.send((<span class="hljs-string">'hello-pulsar-%d'</span> % i).encode(<span class="hljs-string">'utf-8'</span>))

client.close()
</code></pre>
<h2><a class="anchor" aria-hidden="true" id="get-the-topic-statistics"></a><a href="#get-the-topic-statistics" aria-hidden="true" class="hash-link"><svg class="hash-link-icon" aria-hidden="true" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Get the topic statistics</h2>
<p>In Pulsar you can use REST, Java, or command-line tools to control every aspect of the system.
You can find detailed documentation of all the APIs in the <a href="/docs/en/2.2.1/admin-api-overview">Admin API Overview</a>.</p>
<p>In the simplest example, you can use curl to probe the stats for a particular topic:</p>
<pre><code class="hljs css language-shell"><span class="hljs-meta">$</span><span class="bash"> curl http://localhost:8080/admin/v2/persistent/public/default/my-topic/stats | python -m json.tool</span>
</code></pre>
<p>The output will be something like this:</p>
<pre><code class="hljs css language-json">{
  <span class="hljs-attr">"averageMsgSize"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
  <span class="hljs-attr">"msgRateIn"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
  <span class="hljs-attr">"msgRateOut"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
  <span class="hljs-attr">"msgThroughputIn"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
  <span class="hljs-attr">"msgThroughputOut"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
  <span class="hljs-attr">"publishers"</span>: [
    {
      <span class="hljs-attr">"address"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"/172.17.0.1:35048"</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"averageMsgSize"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"clientVersion"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"1.19.0-incubating"</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"connectedSince"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"2017-08-09 20:59:34.621+0000"</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"msgRateIn"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"msgThroughputIn"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"producerId"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"producerName"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"standalone-0-1"</span>
    }
  ],
  <span class="hljs-attr">"replication"</span>: {},
  <span class="hljs-attr">"storageSize"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">16</span>,
  <span class="hljs-attr">"subscriptions"</span>: {
    <span class="hljs-attr">"my-sub"</span>: {
      <span class="hljs-attr">"blockedSubscriptionOnUnackedMsgs"</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">false</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"consumers"</span>: [
        {
          <span class="hljs-attr">"address"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"/172.17.0.1:35064"</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"availablePermits"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">996</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"blockedConsumerOnUnackedMsgs"</span>: <span class="hljs-literal">false</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"clientVersion"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"1.19.0-incubating"</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"connectedSince"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"2017-08-09 21:05:39.222+0000"</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"consumerName"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"166111"</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"msgRateOut"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"msgRateRedeliver"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"msgThroughputOut"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
          <span class="hljs-attr">"unackedMessages"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>
        }
      ],
      <span class="hljs-attr">"msgBacklog"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"msgRateExpired"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"msgRateOut"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"msgRateRedeliver"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"msgThroughputOut"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0.0</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"type"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"Exclusive"</span>,
      <span class="hljs-attr">"unackedMessages"</span>: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>
    }
  }
}
</code></pre>
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