Kafka

What does it mean:

akhq             Apache Kafka HQ. web-based user interface and management tool for Apache Kafka clusters.
strimzi          Apache Kafka on Kubernetes

using kafka client

List topics

kubectl exec -it -n kafka kafka-cluster-kafka-0 -- bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server kafka-cluster-kafka-bootstrap:9092 --list

Describe topic

kubectl exec -it -n kafka kafka-cluster-kafka-0 -- bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server kafka-cluster-kafka-bootstrap:9092 --describe --topic <topic>

Describe all topics

kubectl exec -i -n kafka kafka-cluster-kafka-0 -- bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server kafka-cluster-kafka-bootstrap:9092 --list | while read i ; do echo '*' $i ; kubectl exec -i -n kafka kafka-cluster-kafka-0 -- bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server kafka-cluster-kafka-bootstrap:9092 --describe --topic $i </dev/null ; done

quick overview

kubectl api-resources | grep -i kafka | awk '{print $1}' | while read i ; do echo '*' $i ; kubectl get $i -A ; done

which users exit

kubectl get kafkausers -n kafka

which password does user have

kubectl get secret ifs -o json | jq -r .data.password | base64 -d

list topics

kubectl get kafkatopics -o wide

Kafka version

kubectl exec -it -n kafka kafka-cluster-kafka-0 -- bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server kafka-cluster-kafka-bootstrap:9092 --version