--- title: Charmhub | Deploy Apache Kafka using Charmhub - The Open Operator Collection description: Deploy the latest version of Apache Kafka on any cloud. Charmed Apache Kafka Operator url: https://charmhub.io/kafka --- # Apache Kafka [Canonical](https://charmhub.io/publisher/data-platform "View all packages from Canonical") * [Canonical](https://charmhub.io/publisher/data-platform "View all packages from Canonical") * [Databases](https://charmhub.io/?filter=databases) Platform: 24.04 22.04 4/stable 248 ``` juju deploy kafka --channel 4/stable ``` [Learn to deploy on juju >](https://juju.is/docs/juju/manage-applications) --- #### Relevant links * [Homepage](https://ubuntu.com/data/kafka) * [Contact](mailto:Canonical Data Platform ) --- #### Contacts ##### Maintainers + [Canonical Data Platform](mailto:data-platform@lists.launchpad.net) * [Submit a bug](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-operator/issues) --- Share your thoughts on this charm with the community on discourse. [Join the discussion](https://discourse.charmhub.io/) # Charmed Apache Kafka This is an open-source software operator (charm) that simplifies the deployment and management of Apache Kafka on traditional machine environments in a platform-agnostic way. Whether you’re on public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) or private infrastructure (OpenStack, VMWare), this charm provides a consistent and reliable way to deploy and run an Apache Kafka cluster. > This is a IAAS/VM operator. To deploy on Kubernetes, see [Charmed Apache Kafka K8s operator](https://charmhub.io/kafka-k8s). [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) is a free, open-source software project by the Apache Software Foundation. The charm helps ops teams and administrators automate Apache Kafka operations from [Day 0 to Day 2](https://codilime.com/blog/day-0-day-1-day-2-the-software-lifecycle-in-the-cloud-age/) with additional capabilities, such as: replication, TLS encryption, password rotation, easy-to-use application integration, and monitoring. ## [Getting started](https://charmhub.io/kafka#p-39339-getting-started) Charmed Apache Kafka can run both with `roles=broker` and/or `roles=controller`. With this configuration option, the charm can be deployed either as a single application running both Apache Kafka brokers and KRaft controllers, or as multiple applications with a separate controller cluster and broker cluster. For testing purposes, deploy a cluster of three nodes combining both roles: ``` juju deploy kafka -n 3 --config roles=broker,controller --channel 4/edge ``` To deploy a cluster of three Kafka brokers and a separate cluster of three KRaft controllers working together: ``` juju deploy kafka -n 3 --channel 4/edge --roles=broker juju deploy kafka -n 3 --channel 4/edge --roles=controller kraft juju integrate kafka:peer-cluster-orchestrator kraft:peer-cluster ``` For more information, see our [tutorial](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/charmed-kafka/4/tutorial/) and how-to guides: * [How-to deploy guide](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/charmed-kafka/4/how-to/deploy/) * [How-to manage units](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/charmed-kafka/4/how-to/manage-units/) * [Encryption](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/charmed-kafka/4/how-to/tls-encryption/) * [Monitoring](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/charmed-kafka/4/how-to/monitoring/) * [Backups](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/charmed-kafka/4/explanation/backups//) ## [Full documentation](https://charmhub.io/kafka#p-39339-full-documentation) For additional guidance, see our full Charmed Apache Kafka documentation at . ## [Project and community](https://charmhub.io/kafka#p-39339-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. * [Read our Code of Conduct](https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct) * [Join the Discourse forum](https://discourse.charmhub.io/tag/kafka) * [Contribute](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-operator/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and report [issues](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-operator/issues/new) * Explore [Canonical Data Fabric solutions](https://canonical.com/data) * [Contact us](https://charmhub.io/kafka/docs/r-contacts) for all further questions Apache®, Apache Kafka, Kafka®, and the Apache Kafka logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. ## [License](https://charmhub.io/kafka#p-39339-license) The Charmed Apache Kafka Operator is free software, distributed under the Apache Software License, version 2.0. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/canonical/kafka-operator/blob/main/LICENSE) for more information. --- [Help improve this document in the forum](https://discourse.charmhub.io/t/charmed-apache-kafka-v-4-x/18914) ([guidelines](https://discourse.charmhub.io/t/how-to-write-docs-our-documentation-guidelines-for-contributors/1245)). Last updated 1 year, 2 days ago.