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JIRA: here

Motivation

This KIP builds on top of KIP-975 and aims to introduce a JVM-based Docker Official Image (DOI) for Apache Kafka that will visible under Docker Official Images.

Once implemented for Apache Kafka, ensuring the Kafka Docker images adhere to Docker's quality standards., for each release, there will be one more JVM-based Docker image available to users.

We already have an OSS sponsored image, which was introduced via KIP-975 (apache/kafka) which comes under The Apache Software Foundation in Docker Hub.

The new Docker Image is the Docker Official Image (DOI), which will be built and maintained by Docker Community.

For a release version like 3.8.0 we will have two JVM based docker images:-

• apache/kafka:3.8.0 (OSS sponsored image)
• kafka:3.8.0 (Docker Official image)

Several other Apache projects, like Flink, Spark, Solr, have already released Docker Official Images, with download figures ranging from 50 million to over 1 billion. These numbers highlight the significant demand among users. Also the Docker Official Images are always the top 1 search result, irrespective of the number of downloads. This visibility guarantees that over time, a larger number of users will opt for Docker images provided by the Apache Kafka community. The support from these Apache projects indicates that we can achieve similar success with Apache Kafka.

Post-support, the The Dockerfile for Apache Kafka will continue to be managed by the Apache Kafka community and undergo review by Docker Community. The Once approved by Docker community will oversee the images' maintenance, aligning them with Docker's quality standards., the Docker Official Image will be built and published by the Docker Community. 

Public Interfaces

• There will be a new additional artifact i.e. Official Kafka docker image for every Apache Kafka release.

• Add public documentation in Official Docker Image Repo.

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