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// assembly-kafka-broker-external-listeners.adoc

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= Route external listeners

An external listener of type `route` exposes Kafka using OpenShift `Routes` and the HAProxy router.

NOTE: `route` is only supported on OpenShift

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

include::../modules/proc-accessing-kafka-using-routes.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
