Broker service equivalents of `nodePort`, `host`, `loadBalancerIP` and `annotations` properties are configured in the xref:type-GenericKafkaListenerConfigurationBroker-reference[`GenericKafkaListenerConfigurationBroker` schema].

[id='property-listener-config-altnames-{context}']
=== `alternativeNames`

You can specify alternative names for the bootstrap service.
The names are added to the broker certificates and can be used for TLS hostname verification.
The `alternativeNames` property is applicable to all types of listeners.

.Example of an external `route` listener configured with an additional bootstrap address
[source,yaml,subs="attributes+"]
----
listeners:
  #...
  - name: external
    port: 9094
    type: route
    tls: true
    authentication:
      type: tls
    configuration:
      bootstrap:
        alternativeNames:
          - example.hostname1
          - example.hostname2
# ...
----

[id='property-listener-config-host-{context}']
=== `host`

The `host` property is used with `route` and `ingress` listeners to specify the hostnames used by the bootstrap and per-broker services.

A `host` property value is mandatory for `ingress` listener configuration, as the Ingress controller does not assign any hostnames automatically.
Make sure that the hostnames resolve to the Ingress endpoints.
Strimzi will not perform any validation that the requested hosts are available and properly routed to the Ingress endpoints.

.Example of host configuration for an ingress listener
[source,yaml,subs="attributes+"]
----
listeners:
  #...
  - name: external
    port: 9094
    type: ingress
    tls: true
    authentication:
      type: tls
    configuration:
      bootstrap:
        host: bootstrap.myingress.com
      brokers:
      - broker: 0
        host: broker-0.myingress.com
      - broker: 1
        host: broker-1.myingress.com
      - broker: 2
        host: broker-2.myingress.com
# ...
----

By default, `route` listener hosts are automatically assigned by OpenShift.
However, you can override the assigned route hosts by specifying hosts.

Strimzi does not perform any validation that the requested hosts are available.
You must ensure that they are free and can be used.

.Example of host configuration for a route listener
[source,yaml,subs="attributes+"]
----
# ...
listeners:
  #...
  - name: external
    port: 9094
    type: route
    tls: true
    authentication:
      type: tls
    configuration:
      bootstrap:
        host: bootstrap.myrouter.com
      brokers:
      - broker: 0
        host: broker-0.myrouter.com
      - broker: 1
        host: broker-1.myrouter.com
      - broker: 2
        host: broker-2.myrouter.com
# ...
----

[id='property-listener-config-nodeport-{context}']
=== `nodePort`

By default, the port numbers used for the bootstrap and broker services are automatically assigned by Kubernetes.
You can override the assigned node ports for `nodeport` listeners by specifying the requested port numbers.

Strimzi does not perform any validation on the requested ports.
You must ensure that they are free and available for use.

.Example of an external listener configured with overrides for node ports
[source,yaml,subs="attributes+"]
----
# ...
listeners:
  #...
  - name: external
    port: 9094
    type: nodeport
    tls: true
    authentication:
      type: tls
    configuration:
      bootstrap:
        nodePort: 32100
      brokers:
      - broker: 0
        nodePort: 32000
      - broker: 1
        nodePort: 32001
      - broker: 2
        nodePort: 32002
# ...
----

[id='property-listener-config-lb-ip-{context}']
=== `loadBalancerIP`

Use the `loadBalancerIP` property to request a specific IP address when creating a loadbalancer.
Use this property when you need to use a loadbalancer with a specific IP address.
The `loadBalancerIP` field is ignored if the cloud provider does not support the feature.

.Example of an external listener of type `loadbalancer` with specific loadbalancer IP address requests
[source,yaml,subs="attributes+"]
----
# ...
listeners:
  #...
  - name: external
    port: 9094
    type: loadbalancer
    tls: true
    authentication:
      type: tls
    configuration:
      bootstrap:
        loadBalancerIP: 172.29.3.10
      brokers:
      - broker: 0
        loadBalancerIP: 172.29.3.1
      - broker: 1
        loadBalancerIP: 172.29.3.2
      - broker: 2
        loadBalancerIP: 172.29.3.3
# ...
----

[id='property-listener-config-annotations-{context}']
=== `annotations`

Use the `annotations` property to add annotations to Kubernetes resources related to the listeners.
You can use these annotations, for example, to instrument DNS tooling such as {KubernetesExternalDNS}, which automatically assigns DNS names to the loadbalancer services.

.Example of an external listener of type `loadbalancer` using `annotations`
[source,yaml,subs="attributes+"]
----
# ...
listeners:
  #...
  - name: external
    port: 9094
    type: loadbalancer
    tls: true
    authentication:
      type: tls
    configuration:
      bootstrap:
        annotations:
          external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: kafka-bootstrap.mydomain.com.
          external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/ttl: "60"
      brokers:
      - broker: 0
        annotations:
          external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: kafka-broker-0.mydomain.com.
          external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/ttl: "60"
      - broker: 1
        annotations:
          external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: kafka-broker-1.mydomain.com.
          external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/ttl: "60"
      - broker: 2
        annotations:
          external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: kafka-broker-2.mydomain.com.
          external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/ttl: "60"
# ...
----
