Adding the Kafka Broker role
Assign the Kafka Broker role to at least three hosts in the Cloudera Observability On-Premises environment.
- In a supported web browser on the Cloudera Observability On-Premises cluster, log in to Cloudera Manager.
- In Cloudera Manager, select Clusters, KAFKA, and then from the Actions menu, select Add Role Instances.
- In the Add Role Instances to KAFKA page, click inside the Kafka Broker x n field, which opens the Hosts Selected page.
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Add the Kafka Broker role to at least three hosts by doing the following:
- Select the check box by the side of at least three hosts, which adds a Kafka Broker role icon in the Added Roles column for each selected host.
- Click OK, which takes you back to the Add Role Instances to KAFKA page where the Kafka Broker x n field is now populated with the selected host names.
- Click Continue.
- In the Review Changes page, verify the changes and click Continue.
- Click Finish.
- Back in the KAFKA page, click the Instances tab.
- Select the check box by the side of each host.
- From the Actions for Selected list, select Restart.
- In the Restart message, confirm restarting the hosts by clicking Restart.
- Monitor the progress until the Successfully restarted service message appears for each restarted host and then click Close.