Announcing the release of Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.5
We're pleased to announce the release of Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.5. AMQ Streams simplifies the process of running Apache Kafka on OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
What's new in AMQ Streams 2.5
AMQ Streams 2.5 uses Kafka 3.5.0.
AMQ Streams 2.5 on OpenShift is based on Strimzi 0.36.x.
AMQ Streams 2.5 on OpenShift is supported on OpenShift Container Platform 4.10 to 4.14.
AMQ Streams 2.5 on OpenShift features and enhancements
- (Preview) Node pools for managing nodes in a Kafka cluster
- (Preview) Unidirectional topic management using the Topic Operator
- Reporting tool for retrieving diagnostic and troubleshooting data
- OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing moves to GA
UseStrimziPodSets
feature gate moves to GA- OAuth 2.0 and node pool support for KRaft mode
- OAuth 2.0 configuration properties for grant management
- Oauth 2.0 support for JsonPath queries when extracting usernames
- Added Kafka Exporter support to exclude topics and consumer groups
AMQ Streams 2.5 on RHEL features and enhancements
- OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing moves to GA
- OAuth 2.0 configuration properties for grant management
- Oauth 2.0 support for JsonPath queries when extracting usernames
For more information on the AMQ Streams 2.5 features and enhancements, see the AMQ Streams 2.5 Release notes.
Previews
AMQ Streams 2.5 on OpenShift includes the following developer and technology previews to try:
- Try configuring node pools with the
KafkaNodePools
feature gate - Try the Unidirectional Topic Operator with the
UnidirectionalTopicOperator
feature gate - Try using
StrimziPodSet
resources to manage Kafka Connect and Kafka MirrorMaker 2 pods with theStableConnectIdentities
feature gate - Try Kafka KRaft mode with the
UseKRaft
feature gate
Kafka KRaft mode is also available as a technology preview for AMQ Streams 2.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Deprecated features
StrimziPodSet
resources now create and manage pods instead ofStatefulSet
resources.- Support for
type: jaeger
tracing is deprecated.
Get AMQ Streams 2.5
Get AMQ Streams 2.5 on OpenShift container images from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog.
Download AMQ Streams 2.5 installation files from the software downloads page.
AMQ Streams 2.5 documentation
For more information on AMQ Streams, see the product documentation.