kafka-k8s-setup

by @MathNj in DevOps & Cloud

# Install this skill:

npx skills add MathNj/Learn-Flow --skill "kafka-k8s-setup"

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# Description

Deploy Apache Kafka on Kubernetes using Bitnami Helm chart. Use when setting up event-driven microservices, creating Kafka topics, or deploying messaging infrastructure on K8s clusters (Minikube, AKS, GKE, EKS).

# SKILL.md

name: kafka-k8s-setup
description: Deploy Apache Kafka on Kubernetes using Bitnami Helm chart. Use when setting up event-driven microservices, creating Kafka topics, or deploying messaging infrastructure on K8s clusters (Minikube, AKS, GKE, EKS).
version: 1.0.0
tags: [kafka, kubernetes, helm, messaging, events]

Kafka Kubernetes Setup

Deploy Apache Kafka on Kubernetes with a single command.

Quick Start

# Deploy Kafka (dev defaults: 1 replica, no persistence)
.claude/skills/kafka-k8s-setup/scripts/deploy_kafka.sh

# Deploy with production settings
.claude/skills/kafka-k8s-setup/scripts/deploy_kafka.sh --replicas 3 --persist 8Gi --external-access

# Verify health
.claude/skills/kafka-k8s-setup/scripts/verify_kafka.sh

# Create topics manually
.claude/skills/kafka-k8s-setup/scripts/create_topics.sh

# Cleanup
.claude/skills/kafka-k8s-setup/scripts/undeploy_kafka.sh

Options

Option	Default	Description
`--release-name`	my-kafka	Helm release name
`--namespace`	kafka	Kubernetes namespace
`--replicas`	1	Broker replicas
`--persist`	off	PVC size (e.g., 8Gi)
`--external-access`	false	Enable LoadBalancer
`--dry-run`	false	Show commands only

Topics Created

learning.{requests,responses}, code.{submissions,reviews}, exercise.{generated,attempts}, struggle.{detected,resolved}

Connection String

my-kafka-kafka-bootstrap.kafka.svc.cluster.local:9092

References

references/bitnami_kafka_values.md - Helm value overrides
references/kafka_topics.md - Topic patterns

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