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Ansible Deployment for Confluent Platform

2 posts · Jul 2018 – Dec 2019

What this trail covers

CP-Ansible playbooks are now open-source, simplifying the deployment of Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform. This release focuses on providing best practices for configuration, security (TLS, Kerberos, SCRAM, SASL PLAIN), and customization. Future enhancements include rolling upgrades, RBAC configuration, and FIPS operational readiness.

All Confluent trails
  1. The Easiest Way to Install Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform – With AnsibleIntroduces CP-Ansible, an open-source Ansible playbook collection for deploying Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform. Details the benefits of Ansible (agentless, YAML syntax) and outlines how to use CP-Ansible for setting up components, applying best practices for service accounts, file limits, and logging, and customizing installations by overriding variables. Provides a step-by-step guide for deploying a cluster with SASL PLAIN security and validating the installation via Confluent Control Center. Encourages community contributions and outlines future development plans.
  2. Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform | ConfluentIntroduces the first set of Ansible playbooks for Confluent Platform, enabling proof-of-concept cluster setup that is production-ready. The playbooks deploy Confluent Platform services with systemd service unit files, include optional automated authentication and encryption setup (PLAINTEXT, SSL, SASL_SSL), and facilitate the launch of all components including ZooKeeper, Kafka brokers, Schema Registry, REST Proxy, Kafka Connect, KSQL server, and Control Center.