.. _kafka_operations:

Kafka Operations
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In this document, you will learn how to manage a Kafka cluster.

Here, we will cover three main topics:

* Deploying your cluster to production, including best practices and important configuration that should (or should not!) be changed
* Performing post-deployment logistics, such as a rolling restart or backup of your cluster
* Monitoring your cluster’s vital statistics, understanding which behaviors are normal and which should be cause for alarm, and interpreting various stats provided by Kafka 

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 3

   deployment
   post-deployment
   monitoring