Overview

As with our other services, IONOS Event Streams for Apache Kafka is fully integrated into the Data Center Designer and has a dedicated API.

You can provision a robust cluster composed of multiple redundant nodes designed to maintain continuous operation, even in the event of individual node failures. This setup includes automatic failover mechanisms to ensure high availability and minimize downtime. For more comprehensive information on configuring and managing these features, please see our High Availability and Scaling documentation.

Features and Benefits

Explore the powerful features and benefits of IONOS Event Streams for Apache Kafka. This fully-managed service offers high throughput, low latency, scalability, and robust security features for all your data streaming and real-time analytics needs. Learn more about how IONOS Event Streams for Apache Kafka can transform your data infrastructure in the Features and Benefits page.

Use cases

IONOS Kafka is suitable for various use cases such as real-time data processing, event-driven architectures, log aggregation, monitoring, and many more where high-throughput, fault tolerance, and real-time streaming data processing are required. Visit our Use Cases section for more information.

Supported Kafka Versions

The IONOS Event Streams for Apache Kafka service is designed to support the needs of your applications and development cycles. At this time, we support version 3.7.0, ensuring a stable and optimized experience for all users.

Cluster Sizes

IONOS offers a variety of cluster sizes tailored to different application needs, from development to enterprise-level deployments. Each cluster size is designed with specific hardware configurations to ensure optimal performance and capacity. For a detailed breakdown of our cluster sizes and their respective configurations, including node count, cores, RAM, and storage, please refer to our comprehensive Cluster Sizes section.

Locations

Our cloud-hosted Kafka service is designed to provide high availability and low-latency access to your data, regardless of where your applications are hosted. We offer Kafka clusters in multiple geographical regions to ensure optimal performance and compliance with local data regulations. The following locations are currently available:

• Berlin, Germany (de-txl)

• Frankfurt, Germany (de-fra)

Security

Security is a paramount consideration for any cloud-hosted service, and IONOS Event Streams for Kafka offering is designed with multiple layers of security to protect your data and ensure compliance with industry standards. We provide a comprehensive suite of security features to safeguard your Kafka clusters against unauthorized access, data breaches, and other security threats.

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Encrypted Communication: Our Kafka service supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt data in transit. This ensures that all communication between clients and Kafka brokers, as well as between Kafka brokers themselves, is securely encrypted, preventing eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks.

TLS Authentication

Beyond encryption, TLS also provides robust authentication mechanisms. By using TLS certificates, we ensure that both the client and server can verify each other's identity, adding an extra layer of security to prevent unauthorized access to your Kafka cluster.