Kafbat UI for Apache Kafka on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Streaming & Messaging

Kafbat UI, the open source web console for Apache Kafka, bundled with a ready to use broker so you can browse topics, messages and consumer groups the moment it boots.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Kafbat UI is an open source web interface for managing and observing Apache Kafka clusters. It gives engineers a fast, read friendly 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 and connectors, all from the browser.

This image bundles Kafbat UI 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 Kafbat UI 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: Kafbat UI ships with authentication switched off, so cloudimg turns on its login form and, on the first boot of every instance, a one shot service generates a random admin password unique to that instance and writes it 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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