Symptoms
When enabling the Kafka exporter (strimziOverrides.kafkaExporter), the instance of Event Streams enters a failed state and the operator logs show failure to reconcile due to a NullPointerException. The Kafka exporter is not deployed.
Causes
The exception is thrown because the operator is accessing incorrect resources when configuring the Kafka exporter.
Resolving the problem
Contact IBM Support to request a fix, and include issue number ES-151 in your correspondence.