Cluster on Devops Monkhttps://devops-monk.com/tags/cluster/Recent content in Cluster on Devops MonkHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000Starting a Kafka Cluster: Single-Broker and 3-Broker with KRafthttps://devops-monk.com/tutorials/spring-kafka/kafka-cluster-setup/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/spring-kafka/kafka-cluster-setup/Prerequisites Docker Desktop installed and running docker compose v2 (bundled with Docker Desktop 4.x+) Ports 9092, 9093, 9094 free on your machine All articles in this series assume a running local Kafka cluster. Start with the single-broker setup for articles 1–6, then switch to the 3-broker cluster when we cover replication and fault tolerance. Single-Broker Cluster (Development) This is the simplest setup — one Kafka node running in combined mode (broker + controller).