# Application schedulers in Kubernetes

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/application-schedulers-in-kubernetes/18173>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [November 22, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/application-schedulers-in-kubernetes/18173 "2021-11-22T08:36:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/application-schedulers-in-kubernetes/18173/1 "2021-11-22T08:36:22Z")

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We are using bare-metal to install Kubernetes in a data centre and we need a scheduler. What is the general recommendation ? My first option based on what I know is Quartz. Are there operators for managing such application schedulers ? Should the cluster be outside Kubernetes ? If so then it needs to access a Database that is outside Kubernetes and fire a job to contact Kafka. I was thinking of using Stimzi to run Kafka inside Kubernetes.

Any pointers ?

Thanks.