Announcing the release of Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.4
We're pleased to announce the release of Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.4. AMQ Streams simplifies the process of running Apache Kafka on OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
What's new in AMQ Streams 2.4
AMQ Streams 2.4 uses Kafka 3.4.0.
AMQ Streams 2.4 on OpenShift is based on Strimzi 0.34.x.
AMQ Streams 2.4 on OpenShift is supported on OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 to 4.12.
AMQ Streams 2.4 on OpenShift features and enhancements
- Improved FIPS support
- Automatic restarts for connectors
StableConnectIdentitiesfeature gate to manage Kafka Connect and Kafka MirrorMaker 2 pods- OAuth 2.0 configuration to control HTTP requests to an authorization server
- Support for encrypted connection to Open Policy Agent (OPA) server
AMQ Streams 2.4 on RHEL features and enhancements
- OAuth 2.0 configuration to control HTTP requests to an authorization server
For more information on the AMQ Streams 2.4 features and enhancements, see the AMQ Streams 2.4 Release notes.
Technology previews
AMQ Streams 2.4 also includes the following technology previews to try:
- OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing
- Kafka KRaft mode
Kafka KRaft mode is a technology preview for AMQ Streams 2.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. For AMQ Streams on OpenShift, the feature is available as a developer preview.
Deprecated features
AMQ Streams 2.4 is the last version that supports StatefulSet resources to manage pods. From AMQ Streams 2.5, StrimziPodSet resources will create and manage pods.
Get AMQ Streams 2.4
Get AMQ Streams 2.4 on OpenShift container images from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog.
Download AMQ Streams 2.4 installation files from the software downloads page.
AMQ Streams 2.4 documentation
For more information on AMQ Streams, see the product documentation.
