Strimzi Kafka CLI is a CLI that helps traditional Apache Kafka users -mostly administrators- to easily adapt Strimzi, a Kubernetes operator for Apache Kafka.
Intention here is to ramp up Strimzi usage by creating a similar CLI experience with traditional Apache Kafka binaries. For example:
| Native Command | Strimzi CLI Command |
|---|---|
| $KAFKA_HOME/bin/kafka-topics.sh | kfk topics |
| $KAFKA_HOME/bin/kafka-configs.sh | kfk configs |
| $KAFKA_HOME/bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh | kfk console-consumer |
kfk command stands for the traditional kafka-* prefix of the Apache Kafka runnable files which are located in bin directory. There are options provided like topics, console-consumer, etc. which also mostly stand for the rest of the runnable file names like kafka-topic.sh.
However, because of the nature of Strimzi and its capabilities, there are also non-traditional options like clusters which is used for cluster configuration or users which is used for user management and configuration.
Following is the high-level output of the Strimzi Kafka CLI:
Usage: kfk [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Strimzi Kafka CLI
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
clusters The kafka cluster(s) to be created, altered or...
configs Add/Remove entity config for a topic, client, user or...
console-consumer The console consumer is a tool that reads data from...
console-producer The console producer is a tool that reads data from...
topics The kafka topic(s) to be created, altered or described.
users The kafka user(s) to be created, altered or described.More info will be added soon.