Guides
Task-oriented instructions. Each page answers one "how do I…" question and assumes you already know what a topic, a consumer group and an epoch are — if not, read Concepts first.
Unlike Getting Started, these pages do not form a sequence. Find your task in the table, do it, leave.
In this chapter
| I want to… | Page |
|---|---|
| Stand up a 3-node cluster — ports, startup order, verification | Deploy a cluster |
| Tick every line before carrying real traffic | Production checklist |
Handle a broker failure — quorum loss, metadata quarantine, kill -9 recovery | Runbook |
| Turn an error code into a fix | Troubleshooting |
| Upgrade or roll back without breaking clients | Upgrade |
| Write a producer or consumer the right way | Best practices |
| Get a straight yes/no answer about behaviour | FAQ |
Planned pages
- Manage topics and consumer groups — create, list, describe, delete
- Observe — reading the 15-metric allowlist, what to alert on
- Back up and restore — segment files, metadata log and snapshots