Strimzi MCP Server

Note

This is not an official Strimzi project. It is an independent, community-driven tool.

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for interacting with Strimzi Kafka on Kubernetes. Enables AI assistants like Claude to manage and troubleshoot Strimzi resources.

Features

62 tools for comprehensive Strimzi Kafka management on Kubernetes.

Kafka Cluster Management

• list_kafkas - List Kafka clusters across namespaces
• get_kafka_status - Get detailed cluster status and conditions
• restart_kafka_broker - Trigger rolling restart via annotation
• get_kafka_listeners - List listener addresses for connections
• scale_node_pool - Adjust KafkaNodePool replicas

Topic Operator

• list_topics - List KafkaTopic resources
• describe_topic - Get detailed topic info (spec, status, config)
• create_topic - Create new KafkaTopic resources
• delete_topic - Delete KafkaTopic resources
• update_topic_config - Update topic partitions or configuration
• get_unready_topics - Find topics with issues
• get_topic_operator_status - Check entity-operator pod health
• compare_topic_config - Compare topic configurations

User Operator

• list_users - List KafkaUser resources
• describe_user - Get user details (authentication, ACLs, quotas)
• create_user - Create new KafkaUser with authentication config
• delete_user - Delete KafkaUser resources
• get_user_credentials - Get credentials from generated Secret
• get_user_operator_status - Check user-operator container health
• update_user_acls - Show/clear ACL rules
• update_user_quotas - Modify user quotas
• list_user_acls - Display ACLs in readable format

Cluster Operator

• list_node_pools - List KafkaNodePool resources
• describe_node_pool - Get node pool details (roles, node IDs, storage)
• get_cluster_operator_status - Check Cluster Operator deployment health

Kafka Connect

• list_kafka_connects - List KafkaConnect clusters
• describe_kafka_connect - Get detailed KafkaConnect info (plugins, build config)
• list_connect_plugins - List available connector plugins
• list_connectors - List KafkaConnector resources
• describe_connector - Get connector details (config, tasks, status)
• create_connector - Create new KafkaConnector
• delete_connector - Delete a connector
• pause_connector - Pause a connector
• resume_connector - Resume a paused connector
• restart_connector - Restart a connector
• update_connector_config - Update connector configuration

Cruise Control (Rebalancing)

• list_rebalances - List KafkaRebalance resources
• describe_rebalance - Get rebalance details (optimization proposal, progress)
• create_rebalance - Create KafkaRebalance resource
• approve_rebalance - Approve a rebalance proposal
• stop_rebalance - Stop/cancel a rebalance
• refresh_rebalance - Refresh a rebalance proposal

Kafka MirrorMaker 2

• list_mirrormaker2s - List KafkaMirrorMaker2 resources
• describe_mirrormaker2 - Get MM2 details (source/target clusters, connectors)
• create_mirrormaker2 - Create cross-cluster replication

Kafka Bridge

• list_bridges - List KafkaBridge resources (HTTP access)
• describe_bridge - Get bridge details (HTTP config, producer/consumer settings)

Observability

• get_kafka_logs - Fetch Kafka broker logs
• get_operator_logs - Fetch operator logs
• get_kafka_events - List Kubernetes events
• health_check - Comprehensive cluster health check
• describe_kafka_pod - Pod details and resources

Security

• rotate_user_credentials - Rotate user credentials
• list_certificates - List cluster certificates
• get_certificate_expiry - Check certificate expiry dates

Utilities

• export_resource_yaml - Export resources as YAML
• get_strimzi_version - Get Strimzi/operator versions
• list_all_resources - Summary of all Strimzi resources

Build

mvn package -DskipTests

Installation

Option 1: Claude Code Plugin (Recommended)

/plugin marketplace add see-quick/strimzi-mcp-server
/plugin install strimzi-mcp@see-quick-strimzi-mcp-server

The plugin automatically downloads the jar on first use.

Option 2: Manual

Download from GitHub Releases and configure:

claude mcp add strimzi -- java -jar /path/to/strimzi-mcp-server.jar

Configuration

The server uses your local kubeconfig (~/.kube/config) to connect to the Kubernetes cluster.

Requirements

• Java 21+
• Kubernetes cluster with Strimzi installed
• Valid kubeconfig

License

Apache License 2.0