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Amazon MSK Replicator now supports replication from external Apache Kafka clusters to MSK Standard brokers

Published
July 9, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-msk-replicator-external-kafka-standard-broker-support

Amazon MSK Replicator Enhancements

Amazon MSK Replicator now supports data replication from external Apache Kafka clusters to Amazon MSK Standard brokers. This extends replication support to MSK Standard brokers, in addition to MSK Express brokers.

What to do

  • Migrate workloads to MSK Standard brokers.
  • Use MSK clusters for disaster recovery as a failover or backup target.
  • Enable data distribution across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

MSK Replicator automates data replication between Kafka clusters, supporting SASL/SCRAM or mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication. It retains original Kafka topic names and synchronizes consumer group offsets bidirectionally.

  • Item: Supports replication to MSK Standard brokers.
  • Item: Authentication options: SASL/SCRAM or mTLS.
  • Item: Retains original Kafka topic names.
  • Item: Bidirectional synchronization of consumer group offsets.

This new capability is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon MSK Replicator is offered.

Source: AWS release notes




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