Em uma máquina com o docker ( e docker compose no linux), basta criar um arquivo docker-compose.yml na sua pasta de preferência e executar o comando no terminal.

$ docker-compose up -d --build

docker-compose.yml:

version: "3"

services:
  kafka:
    image: bitnami/kafka:latest
    restart: on-failure
    ports:
      - 9092:9092
    environment:
      - KAFKA_CFG_BROKER_ID=1
      - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://:9092
      - KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092
      - KAFKA_CFG_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181
      - KAFKA_CFG_NUM_PARTITIONS=3
      - ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
    depends_on:
      - zookeeper

  zookeeper:
    image: bitnami/zookeeper:latest
    ports:
      - 2181:2181
    environment:
      - ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LOGIN=yes

  kafka-ui:
    image: provectuslabs/kafka-ui
    container_name: kafka-ui
    depends_on:
      - kafka
      - zookeeper
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    restart: always
    environment:
      - KAFKA_CLUSTERS_0_NAME=alura
      - KAFKA_CLUSTERS_0_BOOTSTRAPSERVERS=kafka:9092
      - KAFKA_CLUSTERS_0_ZOOKEEPER=zookeeper:2181

Acesse a UI via localhost:8080 na sua maquina, lá tu pode criar os topicos e mandar mensagens