# Options to Deploy Kafka on Kubernetes

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/options-to-deploy-kafka-on-kubernetes/8695>\
**Category:** Ops\
**Created:** [14 September 2023 05:12 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/options-to-deploy-kafka-on-kubernetes/8695 "2023-09-14T05:12:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 September 2023 05:12 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/options-to-deploy-kafka-on-kubernetes/8695/1 "2023-09-14T05:12:13Z")

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We are using following helm charts from Confluent.

> **[GitHub - confluentinc/cp-helm-charts: The Confluent Platform Helm charts...](https://github.com/confluentinc/cp-helm-charts)**
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> The Confluent Platform Helm charts enable you to deploy Confluent Platform services on Kubernetes for development, test, and proof of concept environments. - GitHub - confluentinc/cp-helm-charts: T...

But, the above helm charts are deprecated by confluent as they noted in below

> <https://github.com/confluentinc/cp-helm-charts/tree/master/charts/cp-kafka>
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> //github.com/confluentinc/cp-helm-charts/tree/master/charts/cp-kafka

Confluent recommends to use CFK (Confluent for Kubernetes) way of installing Kafka on Kubernetes

Do we have any other alternatives to deploy Kafka on kubernetes which won’t require paid subscription ?

We can use helm charts (above) for now but as confluent deprecated and not updating them, Wondering how other are deploying Confluent Kafka Community versions in kubernetes environment ?