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# 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

To use Intelligent Replication, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

- You must be running Confluent Private Cloud version 8.1 or higher.
- You must have a Confluent Enterprise license for Confluent Private Cloud subscription. For more information, see the [Manage Confluent Platform Licenses](../../installation/license.md#cp-license-overview) documentation.

## Get started

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

```properties
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](monitor.md#intelligent-replication-monitor).

**CLI Tool**
: The `kafka-replica-status` CLI tool will state “Push Replication” for
  partitions once they’ve transitioned. For more information about using this
  tool, see [Monitoring replicas](../../multi-dc-deployments/multi-region.md#mrr-monitoring-replicas).

## Next steps

After enabling Intelligent Replication:

- [Monitor Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud](monitor.md#intelligent-replication-monitor) - Learn how to monitor your
  Intelligent Replication deployment
- [Configure Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud](configure.md#intelligent-replication-configure) - Configure advanced settings for
  optimal performance
- [Troubleshoot Intelligent Replication in Confluent Private Cloud](troubleshoot.md#intelligent-replication-troubleshoot) - Troubleshoot common issues