[KAFKA-9774] Create official Docker image for Kafka Connect

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.1
• Component/s: build, connect, packaging
• Labels: build features needs-kip
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jordan Moore
• Created: 27/Mar/20 10:12
• Updated: 27/Sep/23 16:37

Description

This is a ticket for creating an official apache/kafka-connect Docker image. 

Does this need a KIP?  -  I don't think so. This would be a new feature, not any API change. 

Why is this needed?

1. Kafka Connect is stateless. I believe this is why a Kafka image is not created?
2. It scales much more easily with Docker and orchestrators. It operates much like any other serverless / "microservice" web application 
3. People struggle with deploying it because it is packaged with Kafka , which leads some to believe it needs to run with Kafka on the same machine. 

I think there is separate ticket for creating an official Docker image for Kafka but clearly none exist. I reached out to Confluent about this, but heard nothing yet.

 

Zookeeper already has one , btw 

References: 

[Docs for Official Images|https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/official_images/]

Issue Links

• is related to: KAFKA-7249 Provide an official Docker Hub image for Kafka
• relates to: KAFKA-15445 KIP-975: Docker Image for Apache Kafka