Prerequisites for Installing Confluent Platform with Ansible Playbooks¶
General requirements¶
The following table summarizes version compatibility among Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform (Confluent Ansible) and other required components.
The Confluent Version column specifies the default Confluent Platform version that the particular version of Confluent Ansible installs.
| Default Confluent Version | Confluent Ansible Version | Ansible Versions | Python Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3.1 | 7.3.2 | 2.11+ | 3.6+ |
| 7.3.0 | 7.3.1 | 2.11+ | 3.6+ |
| 7.2.3 | 7.2.3 | 2.11 | 3.6+ |
| 7.2.2 | 7.2.2 | 2.11 | 3.6+ |
| 7.2.1 | 7.2.1 | 2.11 | 3.6+ |
| 7.2.0 | 7.2.0 | 2.11 | 3.6+ |
| 7.1.5 | 7.1.5 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.1.3 | 7.1.3 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.1.2 | 7.1.2 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.1.1 | 7.1.1 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.1.0 | 7.1.0 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.0.6 | 7.0.6 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.0.5 | 7.0.5 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.0.4 | 7.0.4 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.0.3 | 7.0.3 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.0.2 | 7.0.2 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.0.1 | 7.0.1 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
| 7.0.0 | 7.0.0 | 2.9.27+ | 2.7+ |
The following are the prerequisites for installing and using Confluent Ansible 7.3:
Ansible 2.11+
Python 3.6 or later on the control nodes and on the managed nodes (Confluent Platform hosts)
Confluent Ansible 7.3 no longer support Python 2.x, as it is EOL.
SSH access between Ansible control nodes and Confluent Platform hosts
For the steps and the command to verify the SSH connections for all the hosts involved, see Prepare Ansible Inventory File to Install Confluent Platform.
sudoaccess for SSH user to all Confluent Platform hostsStarting in 7.1.0, Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform supports tag-based separation of tasks that require root permission from tasks that do not require root permission. You can run the latter tasks without root privileges. However, there are certain steps where you do need root access. For details, see Install Confluent Platform without root access.
(Optional) Internet connectivity to pull Confluent Platform software from
packages.confluent.io. If you don’t have internet access, refer to Air-gapped Deployment of Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform for deploying in an air-gapped environment.
Confluent Platform version¶
It is highly recommended that you use the version of Confluent Ansible as referred in the above table in accordance with the Confluent Platform version.
Supported Operating Systems¶
Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform support the operating systems listed in the operating systems supported by Confluent Platform components, except for those marked as deprecated.
Hardware requirements¶
Refer to the Confluent Platform component on-premises system requirements.
Ports¶
Refer to the ports used by Confluent Platform components.
Users¶
Each Confluent Platform component runs under its own user set up during installation. The
usernames are prefixed with cp- followed by the component name. For example,
cp-kafka and cp-schema-registry. The one exception is that ZooKeeper runs as
the cp-kafka user.
Time synchronization¶
Clock synchronization on each Kafka broker is required to ensure the full system functions correctly. See Time synchronization requirement for details.