5.7. Console

The console (user interface) for Streams for Apache Kafka moves to GA. It is designed to seamlessly integrate with your Streams for Apache Kafka deployment, providing a centralized hub for monitoring and managing Kafka clusters. Deploy the console and connect it to Kafka clusters managed by Streams for Apache Kafka.

Gain insights into each connected cluster through dedicated console pages covering brokers, topics, and consumer groups. View essential information, such as the status of a Kafka cluster, before looking into specific details about brokers, topics, or connected consumer groups.

For more information, see the Streams for Apache Kafka Console guide.

You can now reset consumer offsets of a specific consumer group from the Consumer Groups page.

For more information, see Resetting consumer offsets.

When you configure KafkaRebalance resources to generate optimization proposals on a cluster, you can manage the proposals and any resulting rebalances from the Brokers page.

For more information, see Managing rebalances.

Pause and resume cluster reconciliations from the Cluster overview page. While paused, any changes to the cluster configuration using the Kafka custom resource are ignored until reconciliation is resumed.

For more information, see Pausing reconciliation of clusters.

The console now supports configuration of authorization rules in the console deployment configuration. Enable secure console connections to Kafka clusters using an OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider, such as Red Hat build of Keycloak. The configuration can be set up for all clusters or at the cluster level.

For more information, see Deploying the console.