Docker Quick Start

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Pre-requisite: Docker Compose

Get started with the latest Conduktor Console Docker image. The installation and configuration process takes only a few minutes.

• Simple Setup: Start Conduktor with onboarding and configure your environment inside the Conduktor interface. Great for experimenting with how Conduktor can help you quickly.

  • Launch Conduktor with an embedded Kafka (Redpanda)
  • Launch Conduktor and connect it to your existing Kafka

• Advanced Configuration: Configure your environment using a configuration file or using environment variables. This is essential for production environments.

  • Using a configuration file
  • Using environment variables

Simple Setup

When launching Conduktor Console for the first time, you will presented with onboarding to help configure your environment.

Step 1: Launch Conduktor

Run one of the below commands to launch Conduktor.

Launch Conduktor with an embedded Kafka (Redpanda)

This option pre-configures Conduktor to connect to the embedded Redpanda and Schema Registry.

curl -L https://releases.conduktor.io/quick-start -o docker-compose.yml && docker compose up -d --wait && echo "Conduktor started on http://localhost:8080"

OR, Launch Conduktor and connect it to your existing Kafka

Add your own cluster configuration from within the Conduktor UI.

curl -L https://releases.conduktor.io/console -o docker-compose.yml && docker compose up -d --wait && echo "Conduktor started on http://localhost:8080"

Step 2: Complete Onboarding

After a few seconds, the Conduktor onboarding wizard will be available at http://localhost:8080.

Step 3: Configure your existing Kafka cluster

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Use our interactive guide to learn how to connect your Kafka cluster, Schema Registry and Kafka Connect

Conduktor works with all Kafka providers such as Confluent, Aiven, MSK and Redpanda. To see the full value of Conduktor, we recommend configuring it against your own Kafka data.

Once you complete the onboarding wizard, go to http://localhost:8080/settings/clusters and add a new cluster configuration.

From within the cluster configuration screen, add the:

• Bootstrap server
• Authentication details
• Additional properties

Configuring an SSL/TLS cluster? Use the Conduktor Certificate Store.

How to connect to Kafka running on localhost:9092?

Add the below to your Kafka server.properties file

listeners=EXTERNAL://0.0.0.0:19092,PLAINTEXT://0.0.0.0:9092
listener.security.protocol.map=PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,EXTERNAL:PLAINTEXT
advertised.listeners=PLAINTEXT://127.0.0.1:9092,EXTERNAL://host.docker.internal:19092

If running Kafka in KRaft mode, add the below to your Kafka config/kraft/server.properties file

listeners=EXTERNAL://0.0.0.0:19092,PLAINTEXT://0.0.0.0:9092,CONTROLLER://:9093
listener.security.protocol.map=PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,EXTERNAL:PLAINTEXT,CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT
advertised.listeners=PLAINTEXT://127.0.0.1:9092,EXTERNAL://host.docker.internal:19092
inter.broker.listener.name=PLAINTEXT

From within the Conduktor interface, connect using the bootstrap server: host.docker.internal:19092

Step 4: Add additional users

If you have deployed Conduktor on a central server, add new users to collaborate with them inside the Console.

From within the Settings > Users & Groups screen, select Create Members to add a new user.

For more information on configuring SSO see configuring SSO.

Advanced Setup

Conduktor can also be configured using a configuration file platform-config.yaml, or through environment variables. This is used to set up your organization's environment.

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If you use both methods, environment variables will take precedence.

Configuration can be used to declare:

• Organization name
• External database (required for production environments)
• User authentication (Basic or SSO)
• Platform license

For production deployments, it's critical that you review the production requirements.

Configuration using a configuration file

Step 1: Create a configuration file

The below example shows how to configure Conduktor with the minimum configuration:

• The name of the organization
• An external database
• A local administrator

If you want, you can add more snippets, like SSO or license key. You can get the list of all the properties supported here.

console-config.yaml

organization:
  name: "conduktor"

database:
  host: 'postgresql'
  port: 5432
  name: 'conduktor-console'
  username: 'conduktor'
  password: 'change_me'
  connection_timeout: 30 # in seconds

admin:
  email: "<name@your_company.io>"
  password: "admin"

auth:
  local-users:
    - email: user@conduktor.io
      password: user

monitoring:
  cortex-url: http://conduktor-monitoring:9009/
  alert-manager-url: http://conduktor-monitoring:9010/
  callback-url: http://conduktor-console:8080/monitoring/api/
  notifications-callback-url: http://localhost:8080

# license: "" license key if Enterprise

Step 2: Bind the file

The below docker-compose indicates how to bind your console-config.yaml file.

Note that the environment variable CDK_IN_CONF_FILE is used to indicate that a configuration file is being used, and the location to find it. The file is also mounted to be used from within the container.

docker-compose.yaml

services:  
  postgresql:
    image: postgres:14
    hostname: postgresql
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: "conduktor-console"
      POSTGRES_USER: "conduktor"
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "change_me"

  conduktor-console:
    image: conduktor/conduktor-console:1.22.0
    depends_on:
      - postgresql
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - type: bind
        source: "./console-config.yaml"
        target: /opt/conduktor/console-config.yaml
        read_only: true
    environment:
      CDK_IN_CONF_FILE: /opt/conduktor/console-config.yaml

  conduktor-monitoring:
    image: conduktor/conduktor-console-cortex:1.22.0
    environment:
      CDK_CONSOLE-URL: "http://conduktor-console:8080"

Step 3: Access Conduktor

You just have to run the following command to launch the PostgreSQL instance and Conduktor Console:

docker compose up

After a few minutes, Conduktor will be available at http://localhost:8080

You can use the admin email and password to log in.

If using SSO, you will see an option to log in via the relevant identity provider.

Step 4: Configure your first cluster

See configuring your first cluster

Step 5: Add additional users

See adding additional users

Configuration using environment variables

All configuration properties can be provided using either environment variables or the config file. If you use both, environment variables will take precedence.

If you need some help converting this file into environment variables, feel free to use our YAML to ENV converter.

Below is an example of the same deployment that uses environment variables for the Conduktor Console configuration.

docker-compose.yaml

services:  
  postgresql:
    image: postgres:14
    hostname: postgresql
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: "conduktor-console"
      POSTGRES_USER: "conduktor"
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "change_me"

  conduktor-console:
    image: conduktor/conduktor-console:1.22.0
    depends_on:
      - postgresql
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    environment:
      # CDK_LICENSE: "" license key if Enterprise
      CDK_DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://conduktor:change_me@postgresql:5432/conduktor-console"
      CDK_ORGANIZATION_NAME: "<Your Company>"
      CDK_ADMIN_EMAIL: "<name@your_company.io>"
      CDK_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "admin"
      CDK_MONITORING_CORTEX-URL: http://conduktor-monitoring:9009/
      CDK_MONITORING_ALERT-MANAGER-URL: http://conduktor-monitoring:9010/
      CDK_MONITORING_CALLBACK-URL: http://conduktor-console:8080/monitoring/api/
      CDK_MONITORING_NOTIFICATIONS-CALLBACK-URL: http://localhost:8080

  conduktor-monitoring:
    image: conduktor/conduktor-console-cortex:1.22.0
    environment:
      CDK_CONSOLE-URL: "http://conduktor-console:8080"

volumes:
  pg_data: {}
  conduktor_data: {}