Confluent for Kubernters (CFK)

Precondition

Resources

We recommend at least 8 CPUs and 20GB RAM reserved for k3d

Please note that the entire stack, including Zookeeper, Kafka, Schema Registry, REST Proxy, KSQLDB, Control Center, and so on, requires significant resources. With 6 CPUs and 12GB of RAM, installation will take approximately 15 minutes (based on a clean install without Kuma, Kong, or Vault).

DNS preparation

You can test Confluent ControlCenter by adding the following entry to your /etc/hosts file:

# Append to /etc/hosts
[...]

127.0.0.1		confluent.example.com

Installation

Use the provided shell script to begin the installation of the Confluent Operator and Confluent Platform:

cd examples/confluent
bash setup.sh

The following components are installed with the setup.sh:

• Confluent HELM Chart is used to deploy Confluent for Kubernets - https://docs.confluent.io/operator/current/overview.html
  • Installs Confluent Operator and Platform instance to namespace confluent

Show Confluent Controlcenter Dashboard

If your local DNS settings (/etc/hosts) are set correctly, you can open the Controlcenter in your browser: https://confluent.example.com:8081/