install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install kafkactl-azure-plugin

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin -e

Windows Package Manager source index · deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Azure Plugin for kafkactl

Project links

Commands and aliases

kafkactl-azure-plugin

history

Project history and usage

kafkactl-azure-plugin is a kafkactl companion binary for Azure OAuth authentication. It exists so Kafka-compatible Azure Event Hubs setups can be managed through kafkactl without baking Azure-specific login behavior into the main CLI.

Project history

Device Insight's kafkactl project began in December 2018 as a Kafka management CLI. The separate kafkactl-plugins repository was created in March 2024 and contains both AWS and Azure plugin directories.

The Azure plugin README states that the plugin configures kafkactl to use an Azure OAuth credential flow for login and enables passwordless logins with Azure Event Hubs. The plugin repository's first v1.0.0 release was published on March 12, 2024.

Adoption history

The Azure plugin addresses a specific adoption path: teams using Azure Event Hubs through its Kafka-compatible interface and wanting to keep kafkactl as their local operational CLI. Its Homebrew and winget packages make that provider-specific helper installable like the main command.

How it is used

The plugin is configured as a kafkactl token provider. In practice it is invoked by kafkactl during authentication rather than used as a general-purpose user-facing command.

Why package nerds care

The package is notable as a tiny cloud-auth extension packaged independently of its host CLI. It is the kind of package that makes metadata catalogs useful: the executable name alone is less important than its relationship to kafkactl, Azure Event Hubs, OAuth, SASL, and Kafka-compatible APIs.

Timeline

2018-12: kafkactl repository created.
2024-03: kafkactl-plugins repository created.
2024-03-12: kafkactl-plugins v1.0.0 released.

Related projects

Related projects include kafkactl, Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, Azure identity tooling, and the sibling kafkactl AWS plugin.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.config/kafkactl/config.yml~/.kafkactl/config.yml/etc/kafkactl/config.yml
Windows: %APPDATA%\kafkactl\config.yml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`kafkactl-azure-plugin`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version1.3.1

manager updated2026-07-27

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:kafkactl-azure-plugin
Version	1.3.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://deviceinsight.github.io/kafkactl/
Repository	https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl-plugins
Last updated	2026-07-27T21:58:35+02:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

winget95%

deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin

winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Kafkactl Azure Plugin

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/kafkactl-azure-plugin.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install kafkactl-azure-plugin with Homebrew, winget