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= Evaluate Strimzi

The procedures in this chapter provide a quick way to evaluate the functionality of Strimzi.

Follow the steps in the order provided to install Strimzi, and start sending and receiving messages from a topic:

* Ensure you have the required prerequisites
* Install and start Minikube
* Install Strimzi
* Create a Kafka cluster
* Access the Kafka cluster to send and receive messages

//prerequisites
include::modules/ref-install-prerequisites.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

//download the files
include::modules/proc-downloading-product.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

//install the product
include::modules/proc-installing-product.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

//create kafka cluster
include::modules/proc-creating-kafka-cluster.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

//send and receive messages from a topic
include::modules/proc-sending-messages.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
