Strimzi

As explained in Quarkus in Action

Strimzi is an operator and set of Kubernetes resources for running and managing Apache Kafka clusters.

Strimzi provides a Kafka platform for cloud-native deployments. It replaces Redpanda when stricter OpenShift security requirements make that container unsuitable, and its Kafka deployment includes ZooKeeper for metadata management. section 11.1.1

A local production setup uses Strimzi alongside the application’s dependent infrastructure:

• Run Kafka and ZooKeeper as Docker Compose services. section 11.1.1
• Start the complete infrastructure with docker compose -f docker-compose-files/docker-compose-infra.yml up. section 11.1.1
• Configure applications to reach Kafka through %prod.kafka.bootstrap.servers=localhost:9092. section 11.1.1

Kafka in the local production stack

The infrastructure listing shows kafka and zookeeper using quay.io/strimzi/kafka:latest-kafka-3.8.0, alongside databases, RabbitMQ, Keycloak, Jaeger, Prometheus, and Grafana. section 11.1.1

Figure 11.2 The Acme Car Rental production with all dependent services

View the complete Acme Car Rental production topology and its dependent services. section 11.1.1

How Quarkus in Action covers it

How deep it goes

Shows container selection, startup commands, companion ZooKeeper deployment, and bootstrap configuration, without detailing operator resources.

Examples

Uses Kafka and ZooKeeper containers, Docker Compose commands, and a production Kafka bootstrap-server property.

What you can do after

Operate a Kafka-backed infrastructure stack with Docker Compose and configure Quarkus services to locate Kafka.

How it connects

Connects Kafka with Docker Compose, OpenShift, Redpanda, ZooKeeper, and the Kafka Raft protocol.

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Related concepts

• Kubernetes operatorkind of · A Kubernetes operator is a controller pattern that extends Kubernetes to automate application or service management by reconciling desired and actual state through the Kubernetes API.
• Redpandaalternative to · Redpanda is a Kafka-compatible distributed event-streaming platform for high-performance event processing and storage.
• ZooKeeperuses · Apache ZooKeeper is a distributed coordination service that provides shared configuration, naming, synchronization, metadata management, and leader-election primitives.
• Kafka clusterproduces · A Kafka cluster is a group of Kafka brokers that collectively store, distribute, and serve event streams.
• Kubernetesuses · Kubernetes is an open-source platform for orchestrating and automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized workloads across computing clusters.

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