[docs] Remove Pulsar Manager docs and rename the Dekaf UI page to administration-ui - #1234
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…ar Admin Console Rename administration-dekaf-ui to administration-ui in every version that has the page (next, 5.0.x, 4.2.x, 4.1.x, 4.0.x and 3.0.x), redirect the old URLs to the renamed page in the same version, update sidebars and internal links, and point the Pulsar Manager redirect to the renamed page. Add an Alternatives section mentioning DataStax Pulsar Admin Console, which supports OpenID Connect authentication.
Keep the page title Administration UI, add a Dekaf UI section with its features, and list DataStax Pulsar Admin Console under Alternative with its OpenID Connect authentication support. State that both are licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
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Motivation
Apache Pulsar Manager is no longer maintained, and using it is not recommended. The documentation still presents it as the web UI for managing Pulsar, including a dedicated page and a "Use Pulsar Manager to manage the cluster" step in the Helm quick start guides. The Dekaf UI page is the place to point users who want a web-based UI. This PR also renames that page to a tool-neutral
administration-uiand mentions an alternative UI.Modifications
The following changes apply to the
nextdocs (docs/) and to the 5.0.x, 4.2.x, 4.1.x and 4.0.x versioned docs:administration-pulsar-manager.mdand remove it from the sidebars. The 4.1.x and 4.0.x sidebars did not list the existingadministration-dekaf-uipage, so the Pulsar Manager entry is replaced with the Dekaf UI entry there.getting-started-helm.mdandkubernetes-helm.md: remove the "Use Pulsar Manager to manage the cluster" step and renumber "Use Prometheus and Grafana to monitor cluster" from Step 5 to Step 4. Update the step overview tip to match. Remove the Pulsar Manager pod and service from the samplekubectloutput, thepulsar_managervalues tip and the Pulsar Manager login mention.helm-deploy.md: removepulsar_managerfrom the components and images examples, the "Access Pulsar cluster" list and theNodePortexample. The Pulsar Helm chart already disablespulsar_managerby default.deploy-ibm.md: remove the Pulsar Manager login mention.deploy-monitoring.md: remove the "Pulsar per-topic dashboard" subsection, which only linked to the Pulsar Manager page.Redirects:
static/.htaccesshas a new rule:The rule runs after the existing "skip if file exists" check. This means
/docs/administration-pulsar-manager/,/docs/next/administration-pulsar-manager/,/docs/5.0.x/…,/docs/4.2.x/…,/docs/4.1.x/…and/docs/4.0.x/…redirect to the administration UI page. Older versioned docs that still include the page (3.x and earlier) continue to serve it. The existingadministration-dashboardredirect chains through the new rule for the affected versions.Rename the Dekaf UI page to
administration-uiIn every version that has the page (
next, 5.0.x, 4.2.x, 4.1.x, 4.0.x and 3.0.x):administration-dekaf-ui.mdtoadministration-ui.md, with the title "Administration UI", and update the sidebars and internal links.Out of scope for this PR (unchanged): older versioned docs (3.3.x and earlier), the blog, the release notes (
release-notes/pulsar-manager.md), the download page's Pulsar Manager section, and the ecosystem and resources entries underdata/.✅ Contribution Checklist