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Topic operator - Unidirectional topic management questions #11338

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Given that we manage topics directly via the Kafka API and not through Kubernetes CRDs, is there any real benefit to keeping the Topic Operator running in the cluster?

The Topic Operator is there to provide a Kube/cloud-native approach to handle Kafka topics. It's not mandatory to be used. If your use case is based on using Kafka Admin API to manage topics, it's totally fine. You can just avoid to deploy the Topic Operator.

Can we safely disable the Topic Operator without affecting the overall functionality or management of Kafka within Strimzi?

As said before, the Topic Operator just provide a convinient way of handling topics with CRs (i.e. in a GitOps oriented environment if you li…

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