Conduktor Platform consists of these artifacts:
  • Gateway: A network proxy for Apache Kafka, complete with an extensible and dynamic plugin mechanism that can be used to add technical and business logic on top of your existing Kafka deployment.
  • Console: The centralized UI-based control plane for managing Kafka.
  • Cortex: The monitoring component for Conduktor Platform that runs in the background.
  • Conduktor CLI: Our Command Line Interface that lets you automate operations.

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Gateway

Conduktor Gateway is deployed between your client applications and existing Kafka clusters. As it’s Kafka protocol compliant, there are minimal adjustments required for clients other than pointing to a new bootstrap server. Conduktor Gateway

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Gateway benefits

This can be used to provide functionality that is not available in Kafka natively, such as:
  • Centrally configure encryption at the field-level or full payload.
  • Mask sensitive data and define access control.
  • Set granular RBAC controls.
  • Leverage multi-tenancy.
  • Empower development teams with self-service governance.
Supports all Kafka providers (Confluent, AWS MSK, Redpanda, Aiven, Apache Kafka).

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How it works

Gateway acts as a Kafka-compliant middle layer between clients and Kafka clusters.

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Authentication

Supports multiple security protocols:
  • PLAINTEXT
  • SSL
  • SASL SSL
  • mTLS

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Interceptors

Use Interceptors to add logic like encryption or filtering. Manage through API. More on Interceptors

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Processing flow