Kubernetes operators are software extensions of Kubernetes that provide custom resources for the management of applications, services, and their components.

The open-source RabbitMQ team develop and maintain two Kubernetes operators, the RabbitMQ cluster Kubernetes operator and the RabbitMQ messaging topology operator.

• The RabbitMQ cluster Kubernetes operator automates provisioning, management, and operations of RabbitMQ clusters running on Kubernetes.

• The RabbitMQ messaging topology operator manages RabbitMQ messaging topologies within a RabbitMQ cluster deployed by the RabbitMQ cluster Kubernetes operator.

These operators are core components of the Tanzu RabbitMQ on Kubernetes architecture, they are installed when the VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ package is installed. For more information about the cluster operator and message topology operator, see the open-source RabbitMQ Kubernetes operators documentation.