--- title: How To Set Up a Multi-Node Kafka Cluster using KCraft description: Learn how to set up a multi-node Kafka cluster using the KRaft consensus protocol. Configure nodes to be part of the cluster, observe topic partition... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-multi-node-kafka-cluster-using-kcraft-q7zkqhqlw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How To Set Up a Multi-Node Kafka Cluster using KCraft | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to set up a multi-node Kafka cluster using the KRaft consensus protocol. Configure nodes to be part of the cluster, observe topic partition... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-multi-node-kafka-cluster-using-kcraft-q7zkqhqlw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Q7ZKQhqLW.png og:image:alt: How To Set Up a Multi-Node Kafka Cluster using KCraft og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How To Set Up a Multi-Node Kafka Cluster using KCraft **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 12 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to set up a multi-node Kafka cluster using the KRaft consensus protocol. Configure nodes to be part of the cluster, observe topic partition assignments, and assign topics to specific brokers. Explore how to connect to the cluster, create and consume messages, and handle node unavailability. Finally, discover how to migrate topics between nodes in the cluster. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#apache-kafka](https://daily.dev/tags/apache-kafka), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#data-processing](https://daily.dev/tags/data-processing), [#distributed-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/distributed-systems) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-multi-node-kafka-cluster-using-kcraft-q7zkqhqlw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How To Set Up a Multi-Node Kafka Cluster using KCraft","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-multi-node-kafka-cluster-using-kcraft-q7zkqhqlw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-multi-node-kafka-cluster-using-kcraft-q7zkqhqlw"},"datePublished":"2024-05-14T10:28:36.560Z","dateModified":"2024-11-16T02:13:31.479Z","description":"Learn how to set up a multi-node Kafka cluster using the KRaft consensus protocol. Configure nodes to be part of the cluster, observe topic partition...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f8c621694aef2795410a288946f911e1?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f8c621694aef2795410a288946f911e1?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-multi-node-kafka-cluster-using-kcraft-q7zkqhqlw","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"apache-kafka,architecture,data-processing,distributed-systems","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How To Set Up a Multi-Node Kafka Cluster using KCraft"}]} ```