Enable Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud

This topic describes how to enable Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud to optimize your Kafka workload performance.

Prerequisites

• You must be running Confluent Private Cloud version 8.1 or higher to use Intelligent Replication.

Get started

Enable Intelligent Replication by adding the following configuration parameter to the configOverrides.server of the Kafka custom resource:

confluent.intelligent.replication.enable=true

After adding the configuration, restart your brokers with a cluster roll.

Verify Intelligent Replication is running

Several options exist to determine if Intelligent Replication is running:

Broker Logs

Broker logs will show messages indicating when specific partitions transition to Intelligent Replication.

JMX Metrics

Metrics like PushPartitionsCount will start showing values. For more information, see Monitor Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud.

CLI Tool

The kafka-replica-status CLI tool will state “Push Replication” for partitions once they’ve transitioned.

Next steps

After enabling Intelligent Replication:

• Monitor Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud - Learn how to monitor your Intelligent Replication deployment

• Configure Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud - Configure advanced settings for optimal performance

• Troubleshoot Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud - Troubleshoot common issues