--- title: Charmhub | Deploy Apache Kafka Connect using Charmhub - The Open Operator Collection description: Deploy the latest version of Apache Kafka Connect on any cloud. url: https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect/docs/r-rev156_126 --- # Apache Kafka Connect [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: 24.04 22.04 4/stable 37 ``` juju deploy kafka-connect --channel 4/stable ``` [Learn to deploy on juju >](https://juju.is/docs/juju/manage-applications) --- #### Relevant links * [Homepage](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-connect-operator) --- #### Contacts ##### Maintainers + [Canonical Data Platform](mailto:data-platform@lists.launchpad.net) * [Submit a bug](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-connect-operator/issues) --- Share your thoughts on this charm with the community on discourse. [Join the discussion](https://discourse.charmhub.io/) # Revision 156/126 Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Dear community, We are extremely thrilled and excited to share that Charmed Apache Kafka and Charmed Apache ZooKeeper have now been released as GA. You can find them in [charmhub.io](https://charmhub.io/) under the `3/stable` track. More information is available on the [Canonical website](https://canonical.com/data/kafka), alongside its [documentation](https://canonical.com/data/docs/kafka/iaas). 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/docs/r-rev156_126#p-33524-features) * Deploying on VM (tested with LXD, MAAS) * 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-operator/issues) platforms. [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-operator/releases) provide a detailed list of bugfixes, PRs, and commits for each revision. ## [Inside the charms](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect/docs/r-rev156_126#p-33524-inside-the-charms) * Charmed Apache ZooKeeper 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 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 charm is based on [charmed-zookeeper snap](https://snapcraft.io/charmed-zookeeper) on the `3/stable` (Ubuntu LTS “22.04” - core22-based) * Charmed Apache Kafka charm is based on [charmed-kafka snap](https://snapcraft.io/charmed-kafka) on the `3/stable` channel (Ubuntu LTS “22.04” - core22-based) * Principal charms support the latest LTS series “22.04” only. More information about the artifacts is provided by the following table: | Artifact | Track/Series | Version/Revision | Code | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Apache 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 Apache ZooKeeper snap | 3/stable | 28 | [9757f4](https://github.com/canonical/charmed-zookeeper-snap/tree/9757f4a2a889981275f8f2a1a87e1c78ae1adb77) | | Charmed Apache ZooKeeper operator | 3/stable | 126 | [9ebd9a](https://github.com/canonical/zookeeper-operator/commit/9ebd9a2050e0bd626feb0019222d45f211ca7774) | | Charmed Apache Kafka snap | 3/stable | 30 | [c0ce27](https://github.com/canonical/charmed-kafka-snap/tree/c0ce275f70f688e66f10f295456d2b5ff33d4f64) | | Charmed Apache Kafka operator | 3/stable | 156 | [01d65c](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-operator/tree/01d65c3444b593d5f18d197a6514421afd3f2bc6) | ## [Technical notes](https://charmhub.io/kafka-connect/docs/r-rev156_126#p-33524-technical-notes) * A Charmed Apache Kafka 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/docs/h-manage-app) guide. * 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 Charmed Apache ZooKeeper and Charmed 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://charmhub.io/kafka-connect/docs/h-cluster-migration) guide. ---