Get started with Karapace

To use Karapace, enable Karapace schema registry and REST APIs on your Aiven for Apache Kafka® service. For instructions, see Enable Karapace schema registry and REST APIs.

Next steps

• Use schema references for Avro and Protobuf to reuse shared schemas across subjects.
• Read about Karapace schema registry authorization and schema registry ACL definitions.
• Enable Karapace schema registry authorization. Manage access in Manage schema registry authorization.
• Enable OAuth2/OIDC for the Apache Kafka® REST proxy and Apache Kafka® REST proxy authorization.

More resources

• To manage Kafka schema registry ACL resources with Terraform, refer to Manage resources via Terraform.
• To set up Karapace with Aiven for Apache Kafka® using Terraform, refer to the Aiven provider for Terraform and the aiven_kafka resource documentation.