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// assembly-configuring-kafka-listeners.adoc

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= External listeners

Use an external listener to expose your {ProductName} Kafka cluster to a client outside a Kubernetes environment.

.Additional resources

* {Externallisteners}

include::../modules/con-kafka-broker-external-listeners-addresses.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::assembly-kafka-broker-external-listeners-routes.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::assembly-kafka-broker-external-listeners-loadbalancers.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::assembly-kafka-broker-external-listeners-nodeports.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::assembly-kafka-broker-external-listeners-ingress.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
