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Enable schema registry and REST proxy

You can enable the Karapace schema registry and REST proxy independently on Aiven for Apache Kafka®.

Enable from Connection information​

  1. In the Aiven Console, select your project and choose your Aiven for Apache Kafka® service.
  2. On the Overview page, open Connection information.
  3. To enable the REST proxy, open the Apache Kafka REST tab. When the feature is off, the tab shows Enable REST Proxy.
  4. Click Enable. This sets kafka_rest.
  5. To enable Schema Registry, open the Schema Registry tab. When the feature is off, the tab shows Enable schema registry.
  6. Click Enable. This sets schema_registry.

Enable from Service settings​

  1. In the Aiven Console, select your project and choose your Aiven for Apache Kafka® service.
  2. Click Service settings.
  3. In Service management, click Actions (...).
  4. To enable the REST proxy, click Enable REST API (Karapace), then click Enable. This sets kafka_rest. In Service management, the feature appears as Apache Kafka REST API (Karapace).
  5. To enable Schema Registry, click Enable Schema Registry (Karapace), then click Enable. This sets schema_registry. In Service management, the feature appears as Schema Registry (Karapace).
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For automation, set the schema_registry and kafka_rest service parameters.

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