Harnessing Apache Kafka on Kubernetes with Strimzi

Strimzi is a CNCF incubating project (moved on Feb 08, 2024) that allows us to run Apache Kafka on the Kubernetes cluster.
The Apache Kafka is a leading tool for building the real-time, event-driven applications. You can also develop and run highly scalable & fault-tolerant data streaming, and data pipelines using Kafka. However, deploying and managing the Kafka infrastructure is always a bit tricky & complicated and this is where Strimzi comes into the picture where it simplifies the whole experience of Kafka on Kubernetes.
In this blog, we will understand what Strimzi is all about and how it is helpful to both the developers & the organization in our Engineering domain.

Why Strimzi to run Kafka on Kubernetes?

Strimzi enables running an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes with various deployment configurations. It uses the operator pattern that makes it easy for running Kafka on Kubernetes.
As a developer, you can leverage Strimzi to run a local Kafka cluster on Minikube on your machine for your end-to-end application development locally without making use of real Kafka servers, say, running on the Cloud or on-premise thus saving the potential cost to the company.
For production, you can customize Strimzi configuration as per your requirements, for…