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// deploying/deploying.adoc

[id="deploy-verify_{context}"]
= Setting up client access to the Kafka cluster

After you have xref:deploy-tasks_{context}[deployed Strimzi], the procedures in this section explain how to:

* Deploy example producer and consumer clients, which you can use to verify your deployment
* Set up external client access to the Kafka cluster
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The steps to set up access to the Kafka cluster for a client outside Kubernetes are more complex,
and require familiarity with the link:{BookURLUsing}#assembly-deployment-configuration-str[Kafka component configuration procedures^].

//how to create clients that can access and use the deployment
include::modules/proc-deploy-example-clients.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

//how to set up external clients that can access and use the deployment
include::modules/proc-deploy-setup-external-clients.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
