<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi List<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am currently working with a customer who are looking at using Kafka on OpenShift for future production workloads but $SUBJECT is currently one of their main sticking points.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I notice that this is listed as a roadmap item without any specific timeframe or notes. Has there been any discussion as yet on the possible mechanisms for enabling external access or does anyone on the list have ideas about how we might best approach this today?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tom</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: overpass-mono, monospace; font-size: 10px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" class=""><span class="firstname-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Tom</span> <span class="lastname-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Llewelyn</span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: overpass-mono, monospace; font-size: 10px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" class=""></p><span class="position-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: overpass-mono, monospace; font-size: 10px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span class="position" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Senior Architect, Emerging Technology Practice</span> </span><span style="font-family: overpass-mono, monospace; font-size: 10px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: overpass-mono, monospace; font-size: 10px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: overpass-mono, monospace; font-size: 10px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" class="">Red Hat <span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" class="">EMEA</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: overpass-mono, monospace; font-size: 10px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" class=""><span class="email-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span class="email-anchor" href="mailto:tom.llewelyn@redhat.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><a href="mailto:tom.llewelyn@redhat.com" class="">tom.llewelyn@redhat.com</a></span> </span><span class="mobile-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">M: <a href="tel:+44-7467-330818" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" class="">+44 7467 330818</a> </span></div></div></div> </div> <br class=""></div></body></html>