Cloudera’s Data In Motion Team is pleased to announce the release of the Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.5. This release centers on modernization, adopting the latest Kafka standards, enhancing security, and significantly improving the usability of the Cloudera Surveyor management tool. Release Highlights Rebase to Strimzi 0.47.0 and Kafka 4.0.1 This release of the Operator is now based on Strimzi 0.47.0 (up from 0.45.0) and Apache Kafka 4.0.1 (up from 3.9.0). These rebases bring the latest features, performance optimizations, and stability fixes from the upstream communities. FIPS 140-2/3 Compatibility and Compliance To meet the strictest security requirements, Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator components are now FIPS 140-2/3 compliant. The core Operator and its managed components will automatically enable FIPS mode on FIPS-enabled hosts. Cloudera Surveyor is also FIPS compliant, though it requires you to manually enable FIPS mode through configuration. Surveyor also supports the use of custom security providers. Cloudera Surveyor Enhancements We’ve focused heavily on quality-of-life improvements for Cloudera Surveyor to make managing your streams messaging environment simpler and more efficient. Key updates include enhanced topic filtering options using configuration properties, improved offset management in the Edit Committed Offsets modal, and better handling of unsaved changes on the Topic Details > Configuration tab. Additionally, we've improved overall UI clarity with more consistent status formatting, clearer alerts, better tooltips, and drop-down lists that allow multiple selections without closing. Getting the New Release Please consult the official documentation for the complete list of fixes and improvements. To upgrade to Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.5, check out the upgrade guide. If you are installing this operator for the first time, consult the installation overview. Resources Ready to explore Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.5 and Cloudera Surveyor? Find out more here: New - Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.5 Release Notes Cloudera Surveyor Documentation Cloudera Streaming Product Page Cloudera Stream Processing & Analytics Support Lifecycle Policy ... View more

The Data In Motion team is thrilled to announce the release of Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.4 and the exciting new Cloudera Surveyor! This release marks a significant step forward in simplifying and enhancing your Apache Kafka management experience on Kubernetes, focusing on intuitive user experience and powerful new capabilities. Release Highlights Introducing Cloudera Surveyor: Your New Go-To for Seamless Kafka Management on Kubernetes  Cloudera Surveyor is a brand-new, intuitive graphical interface built to streamline the monitoring and management of your Apache Kafka clusters running on Kubernetes. As a core component delivered with Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.4, Surveyor empowers you with: Effortless Management: Move beyond the command line with a modern, easy-to-use UI for all your Kafka operations. Multi-Cluster Visibility: Manage and monitor multiple Kafka clusters from a single, centralized console. Actionable Insights: Get real-time health and performance metrics that help you quickly identify and resolve issues. Enhanced Security: Benefit from built-in TLS, robust LDAP authentication, and enforcement of Kafka ACLs. Enterprise Scalability: Designed to handle large-scale deployments, Surveyor scales to manage hundreds of Kafka clusters, brokers, and topics. Broad Kafka Compatibility: Manage diverse Kafka deployments consistently across on-premises, cloud, or Kubernetes environments. Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.4: The Foundation for Your Kubernetes-Native Kafka  Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.4 provides the robust and reliable foundation necessary for deploying and managing Kafka clusters, including the new Cloudera Surveyor. This update brings continued stability and improvements to your containerized Kafka deployments, ensuring a seamless experience for upgrades and operations within your Kubernetes environments. Unified Data In Motion Portfolio: Beyond Kafka This launch further strengthens Cloudera's comprehensive Data In Motion portfolio. While Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator and Cloudera Surveyor significantly enhance your Kafka experience, our solutions span the entire real-time data lifecycle. Our portfolio also includes powerful offerings for data ingestion and transformation with Apache NiFi, and advanced stream processing and analytics with Apache Flink, providing a complete ecosystem for your event-driven architectures. Who Benefits from Cloudera Surveyor and When? Cloudera Surveyor is designed to bring clarity, control, and efficiency to anyone managing Apache Kafka on Kubernetes, whether you're an administrator, a DevOps engineer, or a developer. For Kafka Administrators & SREs (Site Reliability Engineers): Daily Operations & Health Monitoring: Easily oversee the health of all your Kafka clusters, brokers, and topics from a single dashboard. Quickly spot anomalies, monitor resource utilization, and ensure the continuous availability of your streaming infrastructure. Proactive Troubleshooting: When issues arise, drill down into performance metrics, consumer group lag, and topic details with an intuitive UI. Identify bottlenecks, misconfigurations, or problematic consumers faster, significantly reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR). Scaling & Capacity Planning: Gain insights into topic growth, partition distribution, and broker load to inform your scaling decisions and optimize resource allocation across your Kubernetes environment.   For DevOps & Platform Engineers: Streamlined Deployments & Upgrades: While Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator handles the heavy lifting, Surveyor provides immediate visual confirmation of your deployed Kafka clusters, enabling quick validation post-deployment or upgrade. Consistent Multi-Cluster Management: For organizations running numerous Kafka clusters (e.g., for different departments, environments, or applications), Surveyor offers a centralized management plane, drastically simplifying oversight and ensuring consistent configurations and security policies.   For Developers working with Kafka: Understanding Topic & Consumer Behavior: Quickly inspect topics, view message counts, and monitor consumer group progress. This is invaluable for debugging applications, verifying data flow, and understanding how new features or changes impact the Kafka ecosystem during development and testing phases. Security & Access Management: Easily review and manage Kafka ACLs directly through the UI, ensuring that applications and users have appropriate access to topics and consumer groups, without resorting to complex command-line operations. Resources Ready to explore Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.4 and Cloudera Surveyor? Find out more here: New - Cloudera Surveyor Documentation New - Cloudera Streams Messaging - Kubernetes Operator 1.4 Release Notes Cloudera Streaming Product Page Accelerate Streaming Pipeline Deployments with New Kubernetes Operators (webinar recording) We're excited for you to experience these advancements and empower your real-time data initiatives! ... View more