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title: Charmhub | Deploy Apache Kafka Connect - K8s using Charmhub - The Open Operator
  Collection
description: Deploy the latest version of Apache Kafka Connect - K8s as a Kubernetes
  Operator on any cloud.
url: https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/r-requirements
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# Apache Kafka Connect - K8s

[Canonical](https://charmhub.io/publisher/data-platform "View all packages from Canonical")

* [Canonical](https://charmhub.io/publisher/data-platform "View all packages from Canonical")

Platform:

4/stable 18

```
juju deploy kafka-connect-k8s --channel 4/stable
```

[Learn to deploy on juju >](https://juju.is/docs/juju/manage-applications)

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#### Relevant links

* [Homepage](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-connect-k8s-operator)

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#### Contacts

##### Maintainers

+ [Canonical Data Platform](mailto:data-platform@lists.launchpad.net)

* [Submit a bug](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-connect-k8s-operator/issues)

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## [Juju version](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/r-requirements#p-30150-juju-version)

The charm currently runs both on [Juju 2.9 LTS](https://github.com/juju/juju/releases) and [Juju 3.1](https://github.com/juju/juju/releases), although 2.9 is now deprecated and support on this Juju version may be discontinued in future charm release. We therefore advise new deployments to be carried out on Juju 3.

For migration of the deployment from a Juju 2.9 to a 3.x controller, please [get in touch](https://discourse.charmhub.io/t/13107) with the product team.

The minimum supported Juju versions are:

* 2.9.32+ (although deprecated)
* 3.1.6+ (due to issues with Juju secrets in previous versions, see [#1](https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju/+bug/2029285) and [#2](https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju/+bug/2029282))

## [Minimum requirements](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/r-requirements#p-30150-minimum-requirements)

For production environments, it is recommended to deploy at least five nodes for Apache ZooKeeper and three for Apache Kafka. While the following requirements are meant to be for production, the charm can be deployed in much smaller environments.

* 64GB of RAM
* 24 cores
* At least 50GB of available storage
* Access to the internet for downloading the required OCI/ROCKs and charms.

## [Supported architectures](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/r-requirements#p-30150-supported-architectures)

The charm is based on [ROCK OCI](https://github.com/canonical/charmed-kafka-rock) named “[charmed-kafka](https://github.com/canonical/charmed-kafka-rock/pkgs/container/charmed-kafka)”, which is recursively based on SNAP “[charmed-kafka](https://snapcraft.io/charmed-kafka)”, which is currently available for `amd64` only! The architecture `arm64` support is planned. Please [contact us](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/r-contacts) if you are interested in new architectures!

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