Install Strimzi operator via OperatorHub Once the Strimzi operator is ready, create Kafka instance via the Strimzi operator Wait till all Kafka pods are ready NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE my-cluster-entity- operator -594f4754dd-htsqz 3/3 Running 0 59s my-cluster-kafka-0 2/2 Running 0 92s my-cluster-kafka-1 2/2 Running 0 92s my-cluster-kafka-2 2/2 Running 0 92s my-cluster-zookeeper-0 1/1 Running 0 2m16s my-cluster-zookeeper-1 1/1 Running 0 2m16s my-cluster-zookeeper-2 1/1 Running 0 2m16s Install Fuse online to the same namespace (I have used fuse online install script to install latest 7.7) bash install_ocp.sh --setup bash install_ocp.sh --grant developer bash install_ocp.sh Install Fuse online to the same namespace (I have used fuse online install script to install latest 7.7) documentation oc create clusterrole kafkas.kafka.strimzi.io-view --verb=get,list --resource=kafkas --resource=crd oc adm policy add-cluster-role-to-user kafkas.kafka.strimzi.io-view -z syndesis-server After that, wait 1-2 minutes due to ENTESB-13113 and go to the Fuse Online UI. Create Kafka connector (Connections>Create Conenction>Kafka Message Broker) Click on Kafka Broker URIs dropdown and you should see available brokers (works on 4.4, doesn't work on 4.5) When you look to the `syndesis-meta` pod on OCP 4.5, you will see the following message 2020-08-19 12:02:41.913 WARN 1 --- [ XNIO-1 task-1] i.s.c.kafka.KafkaMetaDataRetrieval : Couldn't auto discover any broker