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Can I use the topic-operator to create/modify topics on a non-Strimzi-managed Kafka cluster? #6806
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Hi. I have an existing Kafka cluster that is running not-inside-Kubernetes. I would like to make sure of the Strimzi CRDs to create topics in that existing external Kafka cluster. Is it possible to use the Strimzi Topic Operator to do that? I would like it to only be used for creating/modify topics. I do not want to manage the Kafka cluster brokers using Strimzi. I also want the existing topics in the Kafka cluster to remain untouched by Strimzi. Thanks. |
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You can use it in what we call standalone mode where you install it separately. It will require connection to Kafka and to ZooKeeper. There are some docs: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/full/deploying.html#deploying-the-topic-operator-standalone-str ... but there might be some limitations in the supported authentication mechanisms etc. which might not be needed when working with a Strimzi based Kafka cluster. |
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This sounds like exactly what we want! Thanks, we'll take a look! |
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You can use it in what we call standalone mode where you install it separately. It will require connection to Kafka and to ZooKeeper. There are some docs: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/full/deploying.html#deploying-the-topic-operator-standalone-str ... but there might be some limitations in the supported authentication mechanisms etc. which might not be needed when working with a Strimzi based Kafka cluster.