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Status Needs more information
Workspace IBM Event Automation
Categories Event Endpoint Management
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 3, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Lack of Kubernetes-Native Resource Management


Current State

IBM EEM does not provide Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) or Custom Resources (CRs) for managing core platform components. Unlike other IBM Event Automation products, such as IBM Event Streams, which leverage Strimzi CRDs (KafkaConnect, KafkaTopic, KafkaUser, etc.), EEM lacks a declarative Kubernetes-native resource model( roadmap from vendor moving to have CRD based in future release)

As a result, significant custom automation has been required to bridge this gap.


 

Component 

Kubernetes-Native Approach (Expected) 

What We Had to Build 

Gateway Deployment 

CR like EventGateway without ingress dependency  

Manual StatefulSet, ConfigMap, NLB, Service, PDB via Terraform 

Cluster Registration 

CR like KafkaCluster with connection details 

Shell script calling POST /admin/clusters with mTLS cert extraction from K8s secrets 

Event Sources 

CR like EventSource with topic mapping 

Shell script calling POST /admin/eventsources with idempotency checks 

Virtual Topics (Options) 

CR like VirtualTopic with mTLS controls 

Shell script calling POST /admin/options with JSON payload construction 

CA Certificates 

Mounted as K8s secrets, auto-discovered 

Shell script iterating files and calling POST /admin/profile/ca and /admin/organization/ca 

Applications 

CR like EventApplication with subscriptions 

Not automatable at all (manual UI only) 

TLS Certificates 

Managed by operator 

External cert-manager Certificate CR with Venafi ClusterIssuer 

NLB/DNS 

Managed by operator or annotations 

Separate Terraform resources (aws_lb, aws_route53_record, TargetGroupBinding) 
Idea priority Low
  • Admin
    Salma Saeed
    Aug 6, 2026

    On our near term roadmap, we plan to support a Kubernetes way of describing topics, clusters, virtual topics, etc. To help us deliver this in a way that meets your needs, it would be useful to understand the K8 native approach expected for Gateway Deployment. In the idea it asks for "CR like EventGateway without ingress dependency". Could you please elaborate on the requirement? Thank you.

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