kafka-backup Enterprise

Enterprise edition of kafka-backup — backup and restore for Apache Kafka with Schema Registry, RBAC, and encryption support.

14-day free trial on first run — no signup required.

Install

Homebrew (macOS / Linux):

brew install osodevops/tap/kafka-backup-enterprise

Docker:

docker pull osodevops/kafka-backup-enterprise:v0.3.1

Binary download: See Releases for Linux (x86_64, aarch64), macOS (Intel, Apple Silicon), and Windows.

Quick Start

# Check license status (auto-trial activates on first run)
kafka-backup-enterprise license info

# Backup Kafka + Schema Registry
kafka-backup-enterprise backup --config backup.yaml

# Schema-only backup
kafka-backup-enterprise backup --config backup.yaml --schema-only

Minimal config:

mode: backup
backup_id: "my-backup"
source:
  bootstrap_servers: ["kafka:9092"]
storage:
  backend: s3
  bucket: my-kafka-backups
enterprise:
  schema_registry:
    url: "https://schema-registry:8081"

OSS vs Enterprise

Feature	OSS	Enterprise
Core backup & restore	Yes	Yes
All storage backends (S3, Azure, GCS, filesystem)	Yes	Yes
Point-in-time recovery (PITR)	Yes	Yes
Compression (Zstd, LZ4)	Yes	Yes
Kafka SASL/TLS authentication	Yes	Yes
Consumer offset management	Yes	Yes
Three-phase restore	Yes	Yes
Confluent Schema Registry backup/restore	-	Yes
Apicurio Registry v3 backup/restore	-	Yes
Confluent RBAC backup/restore (MDS)	-	Yes
Field-level encryption (CSFLE/DEK)	-	Yes
Data masking	-	Planned
Audit logging	-	Planned
WebAssembly plugins	-	Planned
Priority support	Community	24/7 SLA

Both registries can be configured simultaneously — back up Confluent SR and Apicurio in the same run.

All enterprise features work alongside the full OSS backup engine — topics, partitions, offsets, consumer groups, three-phase restore, and everything else in kafka-backup.

Documentation

Guide	Description
Getting Started	Install, first backup, apply a license
Configuration Reference	Full YAML config for all enterprise features
Schema Registry Backup	Confluent SR backup and restore
Apicurio Registry Backup	Apicurio v3 backup and restore
RBAC Backup	Confluent MDS role binding backup
Encryption Backup	Field-level encryption metadata backup
Licensing	How the license system works, trial, purchasing
Kubernetes Deployment	Deploy to K8s with license secret

Examples

Example	Description
basic-backup.yaml	Minimal backup config
confluent-sr.yaml	Confluent Schema Registry with auth
apicurio.yaml	Apicurio Registry with OIDC
full-enterprise.yaml	All enterprise features
kubernetes/	K8s deployment manifests

Licensing

The binary includes a 14-day free trial — all enterprise features are enabled automatically on first run, no signup needed.

After the trial:

• Contact us to request an extended trial
• Purchase an annual license

Without a license, the binary continues to work as the full OSS edition.

# Apply a license file
kafka-backup-enterprise license apply --file license.lic

# Check license status
kafka-backup-enterprise license info

Reporting Issues

Use the GitHub issue tracker in this repository to report bugs or suggest features:

• Report a bug
• Request a feature

For urgent production issues covered under a support contract, contact support@oso.sh.

Links

• enterprise.kafkabackup.com — Pricing and purchase
• kafka-backup OSS — Open-source core (MIT)
• Docker Hub — Docker images
• OSO
• Changelog