With the deprecation of Bitnami's Zookeeper Helm chart in August 2025, I'm exploring long-term options for running ZooKeeper on Kubernetes. I'm interested in hearing what solutions others in the community have adopted or are considering.
**Current Setup:**
Currently, we operate ZK clusters on our private cloud Kubernetes, utilizing three separate repositories: one for container builds, another for the Helm wrapper, and the last for infrastructure as code. We're currently using a fork of Bitnami's Helm chart version 13.8.7 through git submodules, along with custom images built from their containers where we maintain full control over the builds.
Unfortunately, chart updates have ceased, meaning that while we can continue building images indefinitely from Bitnami's Apache 2.0 source, we need to maintain the chart ourselves as Kubernetes APIs evolve. Updates for the images are still ongoing, which is a relief, but I'm curious if anyone has found or created an updated community fork or has successfully migrated to another solution. What are you all using? Thanks!
2 Answers
I've been using a community Helm chart from the BJW-S Labs. You can check it out here: [BJW-S Labs Helm Charts](https://bjw-s-labs.github.io/helm-charts/docs/app-template/). It's pretty solid!
We actually wrote our own manifest a while back. My organization tends to avoid third-party manifests or charts due to stability concerns.
I totally agree! Bernd’s charts are really top-notch; they make deploying a breeze.