# Docker Operations for Confluent Platform This section provides more details about how to run a Confluent Platform cluster on Docker. If you are looking for a getting started tutorial, see the [Quick Start for Confluent Platform](../../../get-started/platform-quickstart.md#quickstart). ## Topics in this section This section contains the following topics: - [Monitor and Track Metrics in Docker with JMX in Confluent Platform](monitoring.md#use-jmx-monitor-docker-deployments): How to set up monitoring with JMX and recommendations for extending the images to use other monitoring solutions. - [Configure Kafka Logs for Docker in Confluent Platform](logging.md#docker-operations-logging): How to use log4j in a Docker setup. - [Configure a Multi-Node Confluent Platform Environment with Docker](../../../kafka/multi-node.md#cp-multi-node): Describes configuring a multi-node system with Docker. - [Mount Docker External Volumes in Confluent Platform](external-volumes.md#external-volumes): This is important when running Kafka brokers on Docker, as they require a persistent filesystem. - [Configure Share Groups for Docker in Confluent Platform](kafka-queues-docker.md#share-groups-docker): Describes configuring share groups with Docker. ## Related topics - [Install Confluent Platform Using Docker](../installation.md#cpdocker-intro) - [Docker Image Reference for Confluent Platform](../image-reference.md#image-reference) - [Docker Image Configuration Reference for Confluent Platform](../config-reference.md#config-reference)