Kafka Configuration Reference for Confluent Platform

Apache Kafka® configuration refers to the settings and parameters you can adjust to optimize the performance, reliability, and security of a Kafka cluster and its clients.

Kafka uses key-value pairs in a property file format for configuration. You can supply these values from a file or programmatically.

The following configuration reference topics include settings for Kafka brokers, producers, consumers, topics, and Kafka Connect:

• Configure Brokers and Controllers

• Configure Topics

• Configure Producers

• Configure Consumers

• Configure Kafka Streams

• Configure the AdminClient

• Configure Kafka Connect

• Configure Kafka Source Connectors

• Configure Kafka Sink Connectors

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The following topics also provide configuration details for other Kafka or Confluent Platform components:

• Control Center Configuration

• Configure KRaft Controllers