.. _kafka_operations: |ak| Operations ================ In this document, you will learn how to manage an |ak-tm| 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 |ak| .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 deployment dynamic-config post-deployment rebalancer/index monitoring metrics-reporter ../app-development/kafkacat-usage tiered-storage-preview