Charmed Apache Kafka
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| Channel | Revision | Published | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/stable | 195 | 10 Dec 2024 | |
| 3/candidate | 205 | 11 Apr 2025 | |
| 3/beta | 205 | 03 Apr 2025 | |
| 3/edge | 206 | 07 May 2025 |
juju deploy kafka --channel 3/stable
Deploy universal operators easily with Juju, the Universal Operator Lifecycle Manager.
Platform:
This is a IAAS/VM operator. To deploy on Kubernetes, see Charmed Apache Kafka K8s operator.
Charmed Apache Kafka documentation
Charmed Apache Kafka is an open-source operator that makes it easier to manage Apache Kafka, with built-in support for enterprise features.
Apache Kafka is a free, open-source software project by the Apache Software Foundation. Users can find out more at the Apache Kafka project page.
Charmed Apache Kafka is built on top of Juju and reliably simplifies the deployment, scaling, design, and management of Apache Kafka in production. Additionally, you can use the charm to manage your Apache Kafka clusters with automation capabilities. It also offers replication, TLS, password rotation, easy-to-use application integration, and monitoring. Charmed Apache Kafka operates Apache Kafka on physical systems, Virtual Machines (VM), and a wide range of cloud and cloud-like environments, including AWS, Azure, OpenStack, and VMware.
Charmed Apache Kafka is a solution designed and developed to help ops teams and administrators automate Apache Kafka operations from Day 0 to Day 2, across multiple cloud environments and platforms.
Charmed Apache Kafka is developed and supported by Canonical, as part of its commitment to provide open-source, self-driving solutions, seamlessly integrated using the Operator Framework Juju. Please refer to Charmhub, for more charmed operators that can be integrated by Juju.
In this documentation
| Tutorials Get started - a hands-on introduction to using Charmed Apache Kafka operator for new users |
How-to guides Step-by-step guides covering key operations and common tasks |
| Reference Technical information - specifications, APIs, architecture |
Explanation Concepts - discussion and clarification of key topics |
Project and community
Charmed Apache Kafka is a distribution of Apache Kafka. It’s an open-source project that welcomes community contributions, suggestions, fixes and constructive feedback.
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License
The Charmed Apache Kafka Operator is free software, distributed under the Apache Software License, version 2.0. See LICENSE for more information.