--- 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-rev56_51 --- # 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) --- #### Relevant links * [Homepage](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-connect-k8s-operator) --- #### Contacts ##### Maintainers + [Canonical Data Platform](mailto:data-platform@lists.launchpad.net) * [Submit a bug](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-connect-k8s-operator/issues) --- Share your thoughts on this charm with the community on discourse. [Join the discussion](https://discourse.charmhub.io/) # Revision 56/51 Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Dear community, We are extremely thrilled and excited to share that Charmed Apache Kafka K8s and Charmed ZooKeeper K8s have now been released as GA. You can find them in [charmhub.io](https://charmhub.io/) under the `3/stable` track. More information are available in the [Canonical website](https://canonical.com/data/kafka-k8s), alongside its [documentation](https://canonical.com/data/docs/kafka/k8s). Also find the full announcement of the release [here](https://canonical.com/blog/charmed-kafka-general-availability) and [here](https://discourse.charmhub.io/t/announcing-general-availability-of-charmed-kafka/13277). And more importantly, make sure you don’t miss out the [webinar](https://www.linkedin.com/events/7161727829259366401/about/) that Raúl Zamora and Rob Gibbon will be holding later today. Please reach out should you have any question, comment, feedback or information. You can find us here in [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#charmhub-data-platform:ubuntu.com) or also on [Discourse](https://discourse.charmhub.io/). ## [Features](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/r-rev56_51#p-33526-features) * Deploying on Kubernetes (tested with MicroK8s) * Apache ZooKeeper using SASL authentication * Scaling up/down in one simple Juju command * Multi-broker support and Highly-Available setups * Inter-broker authenticated communication * TLS/SSL support using `tls-certificates` Provider charms (see more [here](https://charmhub.io/topics/security-with-x-509-certificates)) * SASL/SCRAM and mTLS authentication for clients * DB access outside of Juju using [`data-integrator`](https://charmhub.io/data-integrator) * Persistent storage support with Juju Storage * Super-user creation * Documentation featuring Diàtaxis framework Canonical Data issues are now public on both [Jira](https://warthogs.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/DPE/issues/) and [GitHub](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-k8s-operator/issues) platforms. [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-k8s-operator/releases) provide a detailed list of bugfixes, PRs, and commits for each revision. ## [Inside the charms](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/r-rev56_51#p-33526-inside-the-charms) * Charmed Apache ZooKeeper K8s charm ships the Apache ZooKeeper [3.8.2-ubuntu0](https://launchpad.net/zookeeper-releases/3.x/3.8.2-ubuntu0), built and supported by Canonical * Charmed Apache Kafka K8s charm ships the Apache Kafka [3.6.0-ubuntu0](https://launchpad.net/kafka-releases/3.x/3.6.0-ubuntu0), built and supported by Canonical * Charmed Apache ZooKeeper K8s charm is provided with the [charmed-zookeeper rock](https://snapcraft.io/charmed-zookeeper) on the `3-22.04_stable` tag (based on top of a Ubuntu LTS “22.04” base) * Charmed Apache Kafka K8s charm is provided with the [charmed-kafka rock](https://snapcraft.io/charmed-zookeeper) on the `3-22.04_stable` tag (based on top of a Ubuntu LTS “22.04” base) More information about the artifacts is provided by the following table: | Artifact | Track/Series/Tag | Version/Revision/Hash | Code | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ZooKeeper distribution | 3.x | 3.8.2-ubuntu0 | [5bb82d](https://git.launchpad.net/zookeeper-releases/tree/?h=lp-3.8.2&id=5bb82df4ffba910a5b30dd42499921466405f087) | | Apache Kafka distribution | 3.x | 3.6.0-ubuntu0 | [424389](https://git.launchpad.net/kafka-releases/tree/?h=lp-3.6.0&id=424389bb8f230beaef4ccb94aca464b5d22ac310) | | Charmed ZooKeeper rock | 3-22.04\_stable | [sha256:a7a004](https://github.com/canonical/charmed-zookeeper-rock/pkgs/container/charmed-zookeeper/169796097) | [b56171](https://github.com/canonical/charmed-zookeeper-rock/tree/b5617134c6094f8df6974501be50cd13c6e72e50) | | Zookeeper K8s operator | 3/stable | 51 | [48fa4f](https://github.com/canonical/zookeeper-k8s-operator/tree/48fa4f0ff9ccd9e6b881890fa031443d6fb07ae4) | | Charmed Apache Kafka rock | 3-22.04\_stable | [sha256:4b3495](https://github.com/canonical/charmed-kafka-rock/pkgs/container/charmed-kafka/169796414) | [66518b](https://github.com/canonical/charmed-kafka-rock/tree/66518b362e73528c8aaec06e331337fbfd0697f1) | | Charmed Apache Kafka K8s operator | 3/stable | 56 | [fe1f1c](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-k8s-operator/tree/fe1f1ce1d8412423e1cccb91b06a96b9622789b1) | ## [Technical notes](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/r-rev56_51#p-33526-technical-notes) * A Charmed Apache Kafka K8s cluster is secure by default, meaning that when deployed if there are no client charms related to it, external listeners will not be enabled. * We recommend deploying one `data-integrator` with `extra-user-roles=admin` alongside the Charmed Apache Kafka deployment, in order to enable listeners and also create one user with elevated permission to perform administrative tasks. For more information, see the [How-to manage application](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect-k8s/docs/h-manage-app) guide. * The current version of Apache Kafka does not yet support direct integration with Ingress, NodePort or LoadBalancer services. We recommend using it for usage within the K8s network. * The current release has been tested with Juju 2.9.45+ and Juju 3.1+ * Inplace upgrade for charms tracking `latest` is not supported, both for Apache ZooKeeper and Apache Kafka charms. Perform data migration to upgrade to a Charmed Apache Kafka cluster managed via a `3/stable` charm. For more information on how to perform the migration, see [How-to migrate a cluster](https://discourse.charmhub.io/t/charmed-kafka-documentation-how-to-migrate-a-cluster/10951) guide. ---