Chapter 8. Glossary

Glossary of terms used in the Streams for Apache Kafka Proxy documentation.

API: Application Programmer Interface.
CA: Certificate Authority. An organization that issues certificates.
CR: Custom Resource. An instance resource of a CRD. In other words, a resource of a kind that is not built into OpenShift.
CRD: Custom Resource Definition. An OpenShift API for defining OpenShift API extensions.
KMS: Key Management System. A dedicated system for controlling access to cryptographic material, and providing operations which use that material.
mTLS: Mutual Transport Layer Security. A configuration of TLS where the client presents a certificate to a server, which the server authenticates.
TLS: The Transport Layer Security. A secure transport protocol where a server presents a certificate to a client, which the client authenticates. TLS was previously known as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
TCP: The Transmission Control Protocol.