Roadmap

This page displays the roadmap for Kannika Armory. It is a living document and will be updated as we progress.

New features

These features have just been released and are available for use.

• Restore: Preflight Checks New

  0.12.0

  Run preflight checks before starting a Restore
• Backup: Monitoring Sidecar New

  0.12.0

  Add a monitoring sidecar container to the Backup pods

Upcoming features

These features are planned and will be released in the near future. The version number is tentative and is subject to change.

• REST: Backup metrics In Progress

  Dec 2025 | 0.13.0

  Add endpoint to fetch backup metrics
• REST: Backup topics In Progress

  Dec 2025 | 0.13.0

  Add endpoint to fetch backup topics
• Backup: Exclude Topic Selectors Planned

  Mar 2025 | 0.14.0

  Allow excluding topics using topic selectors
• Console: Resume restore Planned

  Mar 2025 | 0.14.0

  Allow resuming a Restore after it got interrupted
• Storage: S3 API URL Planned

  May 2026 | 0.15.0

  Support other S3-compatible storage systems
• Credentials: OAuth Bearer Planned

  May 2026 | 0.15.0

  Support OAuth Bearer authentication for Kafka
• Restore: Data Retention Filter Planned

  May 2026 | 0.15.0

  Support filtering based on topic retention
• Console: Generate Schema Mapping

  Allow generating and defining schema mappings in the console
• Storage: Sharing

  Allow the same Storage to be used between multiple Backups.
• Encryption

  Add encryption features to the backups
• RBAC Planned

  1.1.0

  Use RBAC to authorize the user.
• Restore: Automatic Consumer Group Offset Resetting

  Automatically reset consumer group offsets during a restore
• Console: Namespace Support

  Allow managing backups and restores in different namespaces
• Backup: Hooks

  Allow defining hooks to be executed before and after a Backup
• Restore: Hooks

  Allow defining hooks to be executed before and after a Restore
• Documentation: GraphQL API Technical Reference

  Provide a technical reference for the GraphQL API
• Documentation: REST API Technical Reference Planned

  July 2026 | 1.0.0

  Provide a technical reference for the REST API
• Documentation: Kubernetes API Technical Reference

  Provide a technical reference for the Kubernetes API
• Command Line Interface

  Provide a CLI to interact with the platform
• Audit: Search

  Allow searching the audit logs
• Backup: Scheduling

  Allow scheduling backups
• Namespace support

  Allow managing backups and restores in multiple namespaces

Released features

These features have been released and are available for use.

• Backup: Compression Ready

  0.3.0

  Compress the backup data to reduce the size
• Backup: Resource Requirements Ready

  0.4.0

  Define resource requirements for a Backup
• Restore: Resource Requirements Ready

  0.4.0

  Define resource requirements for a Restore
• Restore: Schema Mapping (Manual) Ready

  0.4.0

  Allow restoring data to different environments with different schema registries
• Credentials CRD Ready

  0.5.0

  Define credentials in a new Kubernetes CRD
• Credentials: AWS Access Key Ready

  0.5.0

  Define AWS credentials in the Credentials CRD
• Backup: Service Accounts Ready

  0.5.0

  Allow configuring a Kubernetes ServiceAccount on a Backup
• Restore: Service Accounts Ready

  0.5.0

  Allow configuring a Kubernetes ServiceAccount on a Restore
• Storage: AWS S3 Ready

  0.5.0

  Support AWS S3 as cold storage.
• Storage: Kubernetes Volumes Ready

  0.5.0

  Support Kubernetes Volumes as storage.
• Storage: Azure Blob Storage Ready

  0.6.0

  Support Azure Blob Storage as cold storage
• Credentials: Azure Ready

  0.6.0

  Define Azure credentials in the Credentials CRD
• Restore: Pause & Resume Ready

  0.6.0

  Allow a Restore to be paused and resumed
• Storage: Google Cloud Storage Ready

  0.6.0

  Support Google Cloud Storage as cold storage
• Credentials: Google Cloud Ready

  0.6.0

  Define Google Cloud credentials in the Credentials CRD
• Plugin: Topic Repartitioning Ready

  0.6.1

  Allow repartitioning of a topic during a restore using a plugin
• Console Ready

  0.7.0

  A web-based console to manage the backups
• EventHub CRD Ready

  0.7.0

  Define connections to event hubs in a new Kubernetes CRD
• EventHub: Kafka Ready

  0.7.0

  Define a Kafka connection in the EventHub CRD
• Credentials: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Ready

  0.7.0

  Define SASL credentials in the Credentials CRD
• Credentials: mTLS Ready

  0.7.0

  Define mTLS credentials in the Credentials CRD
• Data Retention Policies Ready

  0.8.0

  Define data retention policies for the backups
• OIDC Ready

  0.8.0

  Use OIDC to authenticate the user.
• Audit: API User Logging Ready

  0.8.0

  Log all actions taken by the user in the API
• Console: Backup Metrics Ready

  0.8.0

  Visualize progress of a Backup in the console using metrics
• Console: Restore Metrics Ready

  0.8.0

  Visualize progress of a Restore in the console using metrics
• Versioned Documentation Ready

  Provide versioned documentation
• Console: Restore Settings Ready

  0.9.0

  Allow updating the settings of Restores in the console
• Console: Backup Settings Ready

  0.9.0

  Allow updating the settings of Backups in the console
• Schema Registry Backup Ready

  0.9.0

  Allow a schema registry to be backed up using new custom resources
• Plugins: WASI Ready

  0.9.0

  Allow defining plugins using WebAssembly System Interface (WASI)
• Plugins: Topic Selectors Ready

  0.9.0

  Allow selecting topics to apply plugins to using patterns and regexes
• Credentials: Basic Authentication Ready

  0.9.0

  Define Basic Authentication credentials in the Credentials CRD
• Backup: Topic Discovery Ready

  0.10.0

  Automatically discover topics to add to a Backup, using regexes and glob patterns
• Schema Registry Restore Ready

  0.10.0

  Allow restoring schemas to a schema registry
• Console: Schema Registry Backup Ready

  0.10.0

  Create and manage Schema Registry Backups in the console
• Console: Schema Registry Restore Ready

  0.10.0

  Create and manage Schema Registry Restores in the console
• Console: EventHub Settings Ready

  0.10.0

  Allow updating the settings of EventHubs in the console
• Console: Credentials Settings Ready

  0.10.0

  Allow updating the settings of Credentials in the console
• Console: Storage Settings Ready

  0.10.0

  Allow updating the settings of Storage in the console
• Console: Schema Registry Settings Ready

  0.10.0

  Allow updating the settings of Storage in the console
• Backup: Worker Groups Ready

  0.11.0

  Spread the workload of a Backup across multiple pods
• Restore: Preflight Checks New

  0.12.0

  Run preflight checks before starting a Restore
• Backup: Monitoring Sidecar New

  0.12.0

  Add a monitoring sidecar container to the Backup pods