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= Kroxylicious Operator overview

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Kroxylicious Proxy is an Apache Kafka protocol-aware ("Layer 7") proxy designed to enhance Kafka-based systems.

The Kroxylicious Operator is an _operator_ for Kubernetes which simplifies deploying and operating the Kroxylicious Proxy.

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.Additional resources

* {KubernetesSite}
* {OperatorPattern}