srm-control

Learn how to use the srm-control command line tool which is used to manage replication of topics and consumer groups.

The srm-control tool enables users to manage replication of topics and consumer groups. The tool has three subcommands topics, groups, and offsets. The topics subcommand is used to control which topics are replicated. The groups subcommand is used to control which consumer groups are replicated. The offsets subcommand is used to export translated offsets for a source->target cluster pair.

The srm-control command line tool is located in /opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH/bin. An alternative is provided for it by default, it is called srm-control. Simply typing srm-control will invoke the tool, you do not need to reference its full path.

If any of the Kafka clusters that SRM connects to use any type of encryption or authentication, you must configure the srm-control tool before use. For more information, see Configuring srm-control.

A full list of the available options for the tool can be found in srm-control Options Reference.