# 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](../installation/configuration/index.md#cp-config-reference) - Contains a comprehensive reference guide of broker, topic, consumer,
  producer, and connect configuration properties.
- [CLI Tools Shipped With Confluent Platform](../tools/cli-reference.md#cp-all-cli) - Contains a list of CLI tools for use with Kafka and Confluent Platform.
- [Change Kafka Configurations Without Restart for Confluent Platform](../kafka/dynamic-config.md#kafka-dynamic-configurations) - Shows how you can change configuration properties
  using the `kafka-configs` tool without stopping a broker.
- [Manage Clusters in Confluent Platform](../clusters/overview.md#manage-clusters) - 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 Metadata Service (MDS) in Confluent Platform](../kafka/configure-mds/index.md#rbac-mds-config) - Describes the Confluent Metadata Service (MDS)
- [Docker Operations for Confluent Platform](../installation/docker/operations/index.md#operations-overview) - Provides a guide to configuring Confluent running on Docker
- [Running Kafka in Production with Confluent Platform](../kafka/deployment.md#cp-production-recommendations) - 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](../kafka/post-deployment.md#kafka-post-deployment) - 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.