Redpanda

When to Use

Load this skill when the user needs to:

• Deploy or operate a Redpanda cluster (Docker, Kubernetes, bare metal)
• Create/configure topics with rpk or Redpanda Console
• Tune producers and consumers for Redpanda's C++ broker
• Enable and configure tiered storage (Shadow Indexing) with S3/GCS/ABS
• Use Redpanda's built-in Schema Registry or Kafka Connect compatibility
• Secure a Redpanda cluster with SASL/SCRAM, mTLS, or ACLs
• Monitor Redpanda via Prometheus/Grafana
• Migrate from Apache Kafka to Redpanda
• Write Python clients using confluent-kafka or aiokafka against Redpanda

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