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Kafka Operator by Strimzi#

OverviewInstall

Chart Name	Version	App version
strimzi-kafka-operator	0.47.0	0.47.0

Introduction#

This chart bootstraps the Strimzi Cluster Operator Deployment, Cluster Roles, Cluster Role Bindings, Service Accounts, and Custom Resource Definitions for running on cluster using the Helm package manager.

Supported Features#

Manages the Kafka Cluster - Deploys and manages all of the components of this complex application, including dependencies like Apache ZooKeeper® that are traditionally hard to administer.
KRaft support - Allows running Apache Kafka clusters in the KRaft mode (without ZooKeeper).
Includes Kafka Connect - Allows for configuration of common data sources and sinks to move data into and out of the Kafka cluster.
Topic Management - Creates and manages Kafka Topics within the cluster.
User Management - Creates and manages Kafka Users within the cluster.
Connector Management - Creates and manages Kafka Connect connectors.
Includes Kafka MirrorMaker - Allows for mirroring data between different Apache Kafka® clusters.
Includes HTTP Kafka Bridge - Allows clients to send and receive messages through an Apache Kafka® cluster via the HTTP protocol.
Includes Cruise Control - Automates the process of balancing partitions across an Apache Kafka® cluster.
Auto-rebalancing when scaling - Automatically rebalance the Kafka cluster after a scale-up or before a scale-down.
Tiered storage - Offloads older, less critical data to a lower-cost, lower-performance storage tier, such as object storage.
Prometheus monitoring - Built-in support for monitoring using Prometheus.
Grafana Dashboards - Built-in support for loading Grafana® dashboards via the grafana_sidecar

Prerequisites#

Deploy k0rdent v1.8.0: QuickStart

Install template to k0rdent#

helm upgrade --install strimzi-kafka-operator oci://ghcr.io/k0rdent/catalog/charts/kgst --set "chart=strimzi-kafka-operator:0.47.0" -n kcm-system

Verify service template#

kubectl get servicetemplates -A
# NAMESPACE    NAME                            VALID
# kcm-system   strimzi-kafka-operator-0-47-0   true

Deploy service template#

apiVersion: k0rdent.mirantis.com/v1beta1
kind: MultiClusterService
metadata:
  name: strimzi-kafka-operator
spec:
  clusterSelector:
    matchLabels:
      group: demo
  serviceSpec:
    services:
    - template: strimzi-kafka-operator-0-47-0
      name: strimzi-kafka-operator
      namespace: strimzi-kafka-operator
      values: |
        strimzi-kafka-operator:
          revisionHistoryLimit: 4

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