# 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](broker-configs.md#cp-config-brokers) - [Configure Topics](topic-configs.md#cp-config-topics) - [Configure Producers](producer-configs.md#cp-config-producer) - [Configure Consumers](consumer-configs.md#cp-config-consumer) - [Configure Kafka Streams](streams-configs.md#cp-config-streams) - [Configure the AdminClient](admin-configs.md#cp-config-admin) - [Configure Kafka Connect](connect/index.md#cp-config-connect) - [Configure Kafka Source Connectors](connect/source-connect-configs.md#cp-config-source-connect) - [Configure Kafka Sink Connectors](connect/sink-connect-configs.md#cp-config-sink-connect) ## Related content The following topics also provide configuration details for other Kafka or Confluent Platform components: - [Control Center Configuration](/control-center/current/installation/configuration.html#controlcenter-configuration) - [Configure KRaft Controllers](../../kafka-metadata/config-kraft.md#configure-kraft)