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index 3b0d7fc..f8e70dd 100644
--- a/.ansible-sign/sha256sum.txt
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ c8066ae4c79ca812f0abde5b42d4a0bf954a60c88b3eab2149d75d98b567c931  Elastic_restar
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@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ e0aa583a3faf802922a6cb66c3e2fa5906105a619a6d9821f47c6a068e728570  jenkins.yml
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@@ -58,3 +61,4 @@ ff3bc0d052a72eb88bf093b9a2b9f31946032ab78dc7c4c742017f161f38763f  templates/disk
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diff --git a/kafkainstall.yml b/kafkainstall.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77c3dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafkainstall.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Install Kafka via Podman
+  hosts: all
+
+  roles:
+    - kafka
diff --git a/roles/kafka/handlers/main.yml b/roles/kafka/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac2d05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kafka/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: Restart Firewalld
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: firewalld
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/kafka/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kafka/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a895b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kafka/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure "messaging" network exists
+  containers.podman.podman_network:
+    name: messaging
+    state: present
+
+- name: Start the ZooKeeper container
+  containers.podman.podman_container:
+    name: zookeeper
+    image: bitnami/zookeeper
+    state: started
+    env:
+      ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LOGIN: 'yes'
+    ports:
+      - "2181:2181"
+    network: messaging
+
+
+- name: Start the Kafka container
+  containers.podman.podman_container:
+    name: kafka
+    image: bitnami/kafka
+    state: started
+    env:
+      ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER: 'yes'
+      KAFKA_CFG_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: "zookeeper:2181"
+      KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS: "PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092"
+    ports:
+      - "9092:9092"
+    network: messaging
+
+- name: Open Firewalld for Kafka
+  ansible.posix.firewalld:
+    port: 9092/tcp
+    permanent: true
+    state: enabled
+  notify: "Restart Firewalld"
diff --git a/winlogbeatinstall.yml b/winlogbeatinstall.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..276e595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winlogbeatinstall.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Install Winglogbeat
+  hosts: all
+
+  roles:
+    - winlogbeats