Pub/Sub Lite Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
Zonal partition-based messaging service deprecated in favor of Managed Service for Apache Kafka and Pub/Sub.
Naming timeline
- Pub/Sub Lite
Launched as a lower-cost zonal partition-based messaging service.
- Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache KafkaCurrent name
Pub/Sub Lite deprecated on June 17, 2024 with official migration paths to Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka and Pub/Sub.
What replaced Pub/Sub Lite?
Pub/Sub Lite has been superseded by Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka, with the latest change on 17 June 2024 (Pub/Sub Lite Deprecation & Migration Path). Zonal partition-based messaging service deprecated in favor of Managed Service for Apache Kafka and Pub/Sub. The underlying legacy API or CLI surface is deprecated, so a technical migration is required.
Also known as
- Pub/Sub
Technical identifiers
Legacy identifiers deprecated. The underlying API or CLI surface for the legacy name is officially deprecated, so this change requires a technical migration rather than a label update.
| REST / gRPC APIs | pubsublite.googleapis.com managedkafka.googleapis.com pubsub.googleapis.com |
|---|---|
| gcloud / CLI Commands | gcloud pubsub lite-topics gcloud managed-kafka gcloud pubsub |
| IAM Predefined Roles | roles/pubsublite.* roles/managedkafka.* roles/pubsub.* |
| Terraform Resources | google_pubsub_lite_topic google_managed_kafka_cluster |
pubsublite.googleapis.com was deprecated on June 17, 2024; migrate to managedkafka.googleapis.com or pubsub.googleapis.com.
Notes & disambiguation
- Pub/Sub Lite was deprecated on June 17, 2024 ahead of service turn-down.
- Official documentation directs partition-based Kafka-like messaging workloads to migrate to Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka (managedkafka.googleapis.com) or standard Pub/Sub (pubsub.googleapis.com).
Sources & official documentation
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