# Install kafkactl-azure-plugin with Homebrew, winget Azure Plugin for kafkactl. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with winget: winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin -e. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:kafkactl-azure-plugin ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kafkactl-azure-plugin ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:kafkactl-azure-plugin - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.1 - **Source summary:** Azure Plugin for kafkactl - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00 ## Executables - kafkactl-azure-plugin (cli) - kafkactl-azure-plugin (alias) ## Dependencies - kafkactl ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-26 - Package-manager version: 1.3.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl-plugins - Upstream latest detected: v1.3.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: ~/.config/kafkactl/config.yml, ~/.kafkactl/config.yml, /etc/kafkactl/config.yml - Windows: %APPDATA%\kafkactl\config.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** kafkactl-azure-plugin - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - winget - deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [kafkactl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kafkactl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [kafkactl-aws-plugin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kafkactl-aws-plugin/) - Shares the same upstream source repository. - [auth0](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/auth0/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, oauth. - [autorest](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autorest/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: azure, cli, developer-tools. - [flickcurl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flickcurl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, oauth. - [khaos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/khaos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kafka. - [terratag](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terratag/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: azure, cli, developer-tools. - [twitch-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/twitch-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, oauth. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kafkactl-azure-plugin.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/kafkactl-azure-plugin.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph