Chapter 2. Streams for Apache Kafka installation methods
Chapter 2. Streams for Apache Kafka installation methods You can install Streams for Apache Kafka on OpenShift 4.12 to 4.16 in two ways. Installation method Description Installation artifacts (YAML files) Download Red Hat Streams for Apache Kafka 2.7 OpenShift Installation and Example Files from the Streams for Apache Kafka software downloads page . Deploy the YAML installation artifacts to your OpenShift cluster using oc . You start by deploying the Cluster Operator from install/cluster-operator to a single namespace, multiple namespaces, or all namespaces. You can also use the install/ artifacts to deploy the following: Streams for Apache Kafka administrator roles ( strimzi-admin ) A standalone Topic Operator ( topic-operator ) A standalone User Operator ( user-operator ) Streams for Apache Kafka Drain Cleaner ( drain-cleaner ) OperatorHub Use the Streams for Apache Kafka operator in the OperatorHub to deploy Streams for Apache Kafka to a single namespace or all namespaces. For the greatest flexibility, choose the installation artifacts method. The OperatorHub method provides a standard configuration and allows you to take advantage of automatic updates. Note Installation of Streams for Apache Kafka using Helm is not supported.