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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · 1d

1️⃣ Upgrade to Strimzi 0.49.0: youtu.be/IpR8gizh35g

2️⃣ Converting Resources: youtu.be/keM70eirDPk

3️⃣ Upgrade to Strimzi 1.0.0: youtu.be/GFXlhdDltT4

4️⃣ Timelines and Main API Changes: youtu.be/qTcv-EiUXOs

Part 1: Upgrade to Strimzi 0.49.0

YouTube video by Jakub Scholz

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · 1d

If you are curious about what is coming in #Strimzi 0.49.0, want to learn more about the #Strimzi v1 CRD API, and the plans for our 1.0.0 release, I prepared a few short videos to give you a preview of what to expect ...

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · 7d

If you use #Strimzi for local #ApacheKafka development with Minikube or Kind, Keksposé is the perfect tool for exposing your Kafka cluster locally and making local application development easy. If that sounds useful, go and try it out: github.com/scholzj/keks...

GitHub - scholzj/kekspose: Keksposé: Expose your Kafka cluster outside your Minikube, Kind, or Docker Desktop clusters

Keksposé: Expose your Kafka cluster outside your Minikube, Kind, or Docker Desktop clusters - scholzj/kekspose

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · 22d

When you spend too much time in the Java land, boxed primitives such as Boolean or Integer might seem like a great thing. But then you try to use an API built on them in Go. And that is when you realize what a bad idea it was.

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ok, the original proposal was maybe a bit premature. But I opened a new one that is covering more different things and approaching it from a bit more complex perspective. Surely, this one will be the real deal: github.com/strimzi/prop... 😉

Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Sep 1

Well, at least thanks to the IBM mess, I can celebrate my 8 years at Red Hat today! 🎉

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 31

2/2 But at least I now opened the first PR and proposal for the #Strimzi v1 CRD API, which is one of the key prerequisites: github.com/strimzi/prop... ... so fingers crossed 🤞 we will get there one day. (And yes, I'm intentionally not saying anything about 2026 🫣)

Add the `v1` version to `KafkaTopic` and `KafkaUser` CRD APIs by scholzj · Pull Request #172 · strimzi/proposals

This PR opens a proposal about adding the new v1 API version for Kafka Topic and Users and explains why I think it is important to start early with these based on our previous experience. However, ...

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 31

1/2 In December of 2023, I wrote a blog post about our progress towards #Strimzi 1.0.0: strimzi.io/blog/2023/12.... I said there that it is unlikely to happen in 2024. Sadly, I can now say that it will not happen in 2025 either. 😞

Where is Strimzi 1.0.0?

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes in various deployment configurations.

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 30

Stuck in Frankfurt for a few hours due to flight delays. But at least the view provides some kind of compensation ... 😉

Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 29

3/3 So it remains to be seen what happens next. But hey, that is how things go sometimes ... 🤷‍♂️. In any case, kudos to my managers for supporting me through my time off as well as trying to resolve the new issues.

Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 29

2/3 I would recommend it to anyone who feels "dead and empty" at work 😉. It helped me to recover my energy and start looking forward to getting back to work on #Strimzi. Unfortunately, that might not be completely straightforward due to some internal changes at Red Hat / IBM.

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 29

1/3 Today was the last day of my 6 months off from work. I spent it mostly by walking, traveling, reading, binge watching TV shows, and stuff like that. It might seem like I wasted six month of my life. But I found it great to be able to switch off and do "nothing" all day long.

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Kubernetes @kubernetes.io · Aug 29

Kubernetes v1.34: User preferences (kuberc) are available for testing in kubectl 1.34-

Kubernetes v1.34: User preferences (kuberc) are available for testing in kubectl 1.34

Have you ever wished you could enable interactive delete, by default, in kubectl? Or maybe, you'd like to have custom aliases defined, but not necessarily generate hundreds of them manually? Look no further....

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 26

3/3 We added support for custom authentication mechanisms. Thanks to that, you can now use Amazon MSK IAM authentication as well as any other proprietary/custom authentication mechanism used by your Kafka provider. You can look forward to it in #Strimzi 0.48!

Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 26

2/3 It is hard to test (as it depends on Amazon AWS infrastructure) and we cannot guarantee compatibility with future versions. Also, direct support for all available proprietary authentication mechanisms like this does not really scale. So we did the next best thing.

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 26

1/3 Support for Amazon MSK IAM authentication (github.com/strimzi/stri...) was one of the #Strimzi feature requests with most 👍 reactions. But for an open source project like Strimzi, it is not easy to directly support proprietary features like this.

Support for AWS MSK IAM authorization · Issue #5473 · strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator

Hi! We are looking at using Strimzi to deploy Kafka Connect clusters using Kafka brokers deployed using Amazon MSK. We'd like to use MSK's IAM feature for access control within the Kafka cluster (h...

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 26

Crossing the Forth Road Bridge on foot was with my fear of heights an interesting mental 🤯 challenge ... but I made it! 🎉

Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 23

I wanted to test #Strimzi authentication with SASL AWS_MSK_IAM against #AmazonMSK. But after an hour of trying to setup an MSK cluster that I can access from my home lab I gave up. I guess either I'm getting old or AWS UX is even worse than it used to be. 🙄

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Aston Villa Statto @avfcstatto.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: MORGAN ROGERS WINS THE PFA YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD 🏆

Rogers becomes the fifth Aston Villa player to win the award after Andy Gray (1976-77), Gary Shaw (1980-81), Ashley Young (2008-09) and James Milner (2009-10)

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 14

2/2 I recently did a short survey among the #Strimzi users. And in my new blog post, I share the results, as well as the pros and cons of the various methods: strimzi.io/blog/2025/08...

How do you get Strimzi container images?

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes in various deployment configurations.

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 14

1/2 How do you get Strimzi container images? Do you pull them directly from the #Strimzi container registry? Do you keep copies of the containers in your own registry? Or do you build Strimzi from source? Each approach has some (dis)advantages and potential risks.

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Aug 13

Want to learn more about #ApacheKafka and #Strimzi? Have a look at the Day 13 (released on August 13th 😉) from the "30 Days of CNCF Projects" series: youtu.be/CygWOf2NhYw

30 Days Of CNCF Projects | Day 13: What is Strimzi + Demo (by Engin Diri!)

YouTube video by The Good Guy

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Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Jul 30

The feeling ... when you are lucky enough that you managed to get home before the rain started ... but upset because you were carrying an umbrella with you the whole day and didn't need it 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂

Jakub Scholz @scholzj.bsky.social · Jul 22

2/2 It can be used locally from the command line. But you can also use it from inside your #Kubernetes cluster. For example, with a CronJob to automatically start your cluster every morning and stop it every evening. You can download it from GitHub: github.com/scholzj/stri...

GitHub - scholzj/strimzi-shutdown

Contribute to scholzj/strimzi-shutdown development by creating an account on GitHub.

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