Extracting KRaft metadata
Learn how to extract Kafka metadata from the __cluster_metadata
topic. Metadata extracted from this topic can be used for debugging and
troubleshooting issues with a Kafka deployment running in KRaft mode.
When Kafka is running in KRaft mode, metadata describing the state of the Kafka
cluster is stored in the __cluster_metadata topic. This topic can
be found in the /var/local/kraft/data directory on each KRaft
Controller service role host.
In case you encounter any issues when running your deployment in KRaft mode,
generally the first step is to print the contents of the
__cluster_metadata topic. Reviewing the contents of the topic
can help in identifying the issues with the cluster.
The contents of the __cluster_metadata topic can be
printed using the kafka-dump-log command with the
--cluster-metadata-decoder option.
