generated: '2026-08-30'
method: searched
source: https://docs.aklivity.io/latest/cookbooks/
provider: Aklivity
providerId: aklivity
kind: self-hosted
summary: >-
  There is no hosted sandbox and no test-vs-live key model, because Aklivity
  runs no service and issues no credentials. What it publishes instead is a
  LOCAL try-it path: a Docker Compose quickstart that stands up a configured
  Zilla plus a Kafka (or Redpanda) cluster, a gRPC Route Guide server and an
  MQTT simulator, driven by a public Postman workspace. Nothing below requires
  an account, an API key or a sales conversation. No test cards, magic
  identifiers or fixture tokens exist for this product and none are invented
  here.
hosted_console: false
credentials_required: false
quickstart:
  url: https://docs.aklivity.io/latest/cookbooks/quickstart/
  runtime: docker compose
  setup: ./setup.sh
  teardown: ./teardown.sh
  kafka_vendor_profiles:
    - bitnami (default)
    - redpanda (KAFKA_VENDOR_PROFILE=redpanda ./setup.sh)
  protocols_exercised: [REST, SSE, gRPC, MQTT]
  provisions:
    - a configured Zilla instance
    - Kafka topics
    - a gRPC Route Guide server
    - an MQTT message simulator
  driver:
    type: postman
    url: https://www.postman.com/aklivity-zilla/workspace/aklivity-zilla-quickstart/overview
    status: 200
    note: Public Postman workspace, no fork or sign-in required to view.
cookbooks:
  url: https://docs.aklivity.io/latest/cookbooks/
  recipes:
    - https://docs.aklivity.io/latest/cookbooks/http.kafka.sasl.scram/
    - https://docs.aklivity.io/latest/cookbooks/http.redpanda.sasl.scram/
    - https://docs.aklivity.io/latest/cookbooks/mqtt.kafka.broker/
    - https://docs.aklivity.io/latest/cookbooks/kubernetes.prometheus.autoscale/
example_repositories:
  - repo: https://github.com/aklivity/zilla/tree/develop/examples
    description: >-
      In-tree runnable examples, each with a compose.yaml and a zilla.yaml —
      including asyncapi.http.kafka.proxy, asyncapi.mqtt.kafka.proxy,
      asyncapi.sse.proxy, openapi.proxy and openapi.asyncapi.kafka.proxy.
      Browsable live in vscode.dev with the Zilla extension.
    status: active
  - repo: https://github.com/aklivity/zilla-demos
    description: Standalone demo applications.
    last_push: '2026-02-11'
  - repo: https://github.com/aklivity/zilla-platform-demos
    description: Zilla Platform demos.
    last_push: '2026-05-20'
  - repo: https://github.com/aklivity/zilla-examples
    description: Pre-canned feature examples.
    status: ARCHIVED
    note: Superseded by the in-tree examples/ directory; archived on GitHub.
  - repo: https://github.com/aklivity/streampay-demo
    description: A payments-style streaming demo application.
    last_push: '2025-06-05'
editor_preview:
  url: https://vscode.dev/github.com/aklivity/zilla/tree/develop/examples
  description: >-
    The docs point at vscode.dev opened directly on the examples directory, so
    a config can be read and diagrammed in the browser with no local install.
test_values:
  published: []
  note: >-
    Aklivity publishes no test keys, test cards, magic identifiers or time
    simulation. The quickstart's credentials are whatever the local compose
    file generates on the developer's own machine.