diff --git a/my_deploy.sh b/my_deploy.sh
index 5bd58d0dcaf6a809faa3b4e8fe6a5a995a636d90..74c293619bb9ea28c13d3afc6dabde61cd2aa53b 100755
--- a/my_deploy.sh
+++ b/my_deploy.sh
@@ -154,3 +154,10 @@ export PROM_EXT_PORT_HTTP="9090"
 
 # Set the external port Grafana HTTP Dashboards will be exposed to.
 export GRAF_EXT_PORT_HTTP="3000"
+
+
+# ----- Apache Kafka -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Set the namespace where Apache Kafka will be deployed.
+export KFK_NAMESPACE="kafka"
+