How-to guides

The following guides cover key processes and common tasks for Charmed Apache Kafka K8s. If you are missing a particular how-to guide, feel free to leave us feedback via button above, or contact directly.

Deployment

Deployment follows a broadly similar pattern on all platforms, but due to differences in the platforms, configuration and deployment must be approached differently in each case.

• Common deployment guide

• Specific deployment guides:

  • AKS

  • EKS

Management

For guidance on managing your deployed Charmed Apache Kafka K8s, see:

• How to manage units

• How to manage related applications

• How to upgrade

Security

We have a series of How-to guides for security-related topics:

• Enable encryption

• Back up and restore

See also: our security overview page.

Monitoring

Monitoring Charmed Apache Kafka K8s is typically done with the Canonical Observability Stack. See our How to set up monitoring guide for the following topics:

• Enable monitoring

• Add custom alerts and dashboards

Cluster replication and migration

Both migrating and replicating Apache Kafka cluster can be done with MirrorMaker 2. See the guides for more details:

• Cluster migration

Advanced

Advanced features of Charmed Apache Kafka K8s include:

• Message schemas management