Chapter 1. Getting started overview

Use Red Hat Streams for Apache Kafka to create and set up Kafka clusters, then connect your applications and services to those clusters.

This guide describes how to install and start using Streams for Apache Kafka on OpenShift Container Platform. You can install the Streams for Apache Kafka operator directly from the OperatorHub in the OpenShift web console. The Streams for Apache Kafka operator understands how to install and manage Kafka components. Installing from the OperatorHub provides a standard configuration of Streams for Apache Kafka that allows you to take advantage of automatic updates.

When the Streams for Apache Kafka operator is installed, it provides the resources to install instances of Kafka components. After installing a Kafka cluster, you can start producing and consuming messages.