Dockerize and deploy the Spring App that has Kafka consumer on AKS?

Question

At present, we have a Java spring boot application deployed on the VM which consumers the message from Kafka.

We have an Enterprise Kafka Cluster deployed on the VMs. It uses the standard ports - eg: 9092 & 2181.

Requirement : We want to deploy this application Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).

Ask : Is there anything specific (eg: port ) needs to be done in the dockerfile or kubernetes manifest yaml?

I would assume that as long as the AKS can connect (VNET - VNET) with the Kafka Cluster that should be sufficient.

please suggest.

Answer 1

Kafka clients don't need to expose any port mappings

Your assumption is correct, that given the proper VPC settings, then communicate should be fine.