Kafka: 3. Choose the instance size

This documentation is part of the GitHub Actions & GitLab CI guide. You can view the complete guide here: Launch a real Kafka service from your GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipeline, run your tests against it, and automatically tear it down.

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The examples below use the entry-level instance 10G for Kafka by default. This is a reliable choice for most workloads, but you can adjust it as needed. To see all available instance types for Kafka, run:

# The NAME column shows the value to pass to --instance
stackhero instances-store-list --service-store=kafka

Continue reading this guide

  1. Read the full guide: GitHub Actions & GitLab CI
    Launch a real Kafka service from your GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipeline, run your tests against it, and automatically tear it down
  2. 1. Create an access token and store it as a CI secret
  3. 2. The lifecycle script
  4. 4. GitHub Actions
  5. 5. GitLab CI

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