How-to Guides

Goal-oriented recipes for getting specific tasks done with Jikkou.

These guides answer “how do I…?” — practical, step-by-step recipes for getting specific tasks done with Jikkou. If you are learning Jikkou for the first time, start with the Tutorials. For exhaustive option-by-option detail, see the Reference.

Install & operate

Manage resources

Govern & operate safely

Install Jikkou

This guide shows how to install the Jikkou CLI.

Automating

Integrate Jikkou into CI/CD pipelines.

Manage Kafka ACLs

Declare and apply Access Control Lists (ACLs) for principals on your Apache Kafka cluster.

Manage Schema Registry Subjects

Register and evolve Avro, Protobuf, and JSON schemas in your Schema Registry as code.

Manage Kafka Connect Connectors

Deploy, configure, and control the lifecycle of Kafka Connect connectors as code.

Manage Apache Iceberg Tables

Create Iceberg namespaces and tables, and evolve table schemas safely, as code.

Back Up and Restore Configuration

Export the current state of a cluster to YAML for backup or replication, then restore it elsewhere.

Enforce Governance Policies

Use ValidatingResourcePolicy to enforce organizational rules on resources and changes with CEL.

Migration

Step-by-step upgrade guides between Jikkou versions.


Last modified June 20, 2026: docs: expand how-to guides and tutorials per Diataxis (b6a6160b)