Configure and Manage Confluent Platform

This section provides topics on resources for managing Confluent Platform, including tools, configuration reference, and Apache Kafka® deployment and post-deployment guidance.”

• Kafka Configuration Reference for Confluent Platform - Contains a comprehensive reference guide of broker, topic, consumer, producer, and connect configuration properties.
• Control Center for Confluent Platform - Describes Confluent Platform’s web-based tool for managing and monitoring Apache Kafka® in Confluent Platform.
• CLI Tools Shipped With Confluent Platform - Contains a list of CLI tools for use with Kafka and Confluent Platform.
• Change Kafka Configurations Without Restart for Confluent Platform - Shows how you can change configuration properties using the kafka-configs tool without stopping a broker.
• Manage Clusters in Confluent Platform - Contains topics that describe how metadata is managed for a cluster, and how cost-saving features like Tiered Storage and the Confluent Rebalancer work.
• Configure the Confluent Platform Metadata Service (MDS) - Describes the Confluent Metadata Service (MDS)
• Docker Operations for Confluent Platform - Provides a guide to configuring Confluent running on Docker
• Running Kafka in Production with Confluent Platform - Covers how much memory, how many disks, CPU and more you should use for a Confluent Platform production deployment. In addition, provides configuration guidelines for production cluster.
• Best Practices for Kafka Production Deployments in Confluent Platform - This topic describes tasks that you might complete after moving to production; changing the log level, adding or modifying topics, changing the replication factor and more.