docs: clarify Kafka docs

argoproj-labs · Oct 25, 2021 · fa42f54 · fa42f54
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@@ -34,10 +34,15 @@ Run [one of the examples](EXAMPLES.md).
 
 ## Kafka
 
-If you want to experiment with Kafka:
+If you want to experiment with Kafka, install Kafka:
 
 ```bash
 kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj-labs/argo-dataflow/main/config/apps/kafka.yaml
+```
+
+Configure dataflow to use that Kafka by default:
+
+```bash
 kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj-labs/argo-dataflow/main/examples/dataflow-kafka-default-secret.yaml 
 ```
 
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ Wait for the statefulsets to be available (ctrl+c when available):
 kubectl get statefulset -w
 ```
 
-You can port forward to the Kafka broker:
+If you want to connect to from you desktop, e.g. as a consumer or producer, you can port forward to the Kafka broker:
 
 ```bash
 kubectl port-forward svc/kafka-broker 9092:9092