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Kafka
Generated on 25 Apr 2025
Kafka is an open-source distributed event and stream-processing platform built to process demanding real-time data feeds. It is inherently scalable, with high throughput and availability.
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
Guides on how to get started with Kafka managed clusters, how to modify users and databases, and how to improve performance and high availability.
Reference
API and CLI reference documentation for the Kafka database service, including example requests and available parameters.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Kafka.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Latest Updates
28 February 2025
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All managed databases except MongoDB now support up to 2,000 IP addresses as trusted sources. To add trusted sources, see our guides for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Caching, MongoDB, OpenSearch, and Kafka.
20 December 2024
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All Managed Databases are now available in NYC2.
17 June 2024
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Managed databases now supports log forwarding to OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, and Rsyslog. You can create and manage log sinks using the control panel and DigitalOcean API. For more detailed steps, see our guides for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, and Kafka.
For more information, see all Kafka release notes.