Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
AKHQ for Apache Kafka on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Azure
Streaming & Messaging
AKHQ, the open source web GUI for Apache Kafka, bundled with a ready to use broker so you can browse topics, messages and consumer groups the moment it boots.
Overview
AKHQ is an open source web GUI for managing and observing Apache Kafka. It gives engineers a fast console to browse topics and partitions, inspect and search live messages, monitor consumer groups and their lag, view broker and cluster configuration, and work with schemas, connectors and ACLs, all from the browser.
This image bundles AKHQ together with a single node Apache Kafka broker running in KRaft mode, so it is a complete, self contained Kafka workbench on first boot rather than a console that still needs a cluster wired up. It suits development and test environments, Kafka evaluation and demos, and teams that want a lightweight window into an event streaming platform.
Why the cloudimg image
cloudimg delivers AKHQ and its bundled Kafka broker fully installed behind an nginx reverse proxy, so a working console answers the moment the instance boots. The image is secure by default and carries no usable login: AKHQ ships with authentication switched off, so cloudimg turns on its security and, on the first boot of every instance, a one shot service generates a random admin password and a unique token signing secret for that instance and writes the password to a file only the root user can read. The Kafka broker listens only on loopback so it is never exposed to the network, the base is fully patched with unattended security upgrades enabled, and every deployment is paired with a step by step deploy guide and backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
Common uses
- Kafka development and testing
- Topic and message inspection
- Consumer group and lag monitoring
See it running
Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.
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