Create a Kafka User (duo C)

Create a Kafka User for your Kafka cluster as well as a secret containing its password. This Kafka User will be used by MirrorMaker2 deployed in the headquarter to authenticate to your namespaced Kafka Cluster.

To do so, connect to the OpenShift console, select the namespace of your team and click the + button in the top-right corner. Then, copy and paste the following content.

kind: Secret
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: mm2-user
stringData:
  password: s3cr3t
type: Opaque
---
apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
kind: KafkaUser
metadata:
  labels:
    strimzi.io/cluster: warehouse
  name: mm2
spec:
  authentication:
    password:
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          key: password
          name: mm2-user
    type: scram-sha-512