Deploy Kafka on Kubernetes in Minutes with Confluent and OpenShift

This post details the process of deploying Confluent Platform on OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) using the Confluent Operator. It outlines the prerequisites for both OCP and Confluent Operator installation, including AWS account setup, Red Hat network access, and the OCP SDK. The post walks through configuring OCP, deploying the Confluent Operator, and then deploying Confluent Platform components. It also touches upon choosing persistent storage for Kafka on both on-premises and public cloud Kubernetes clusters.