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infra-kafka-platform-review

Review Kafka production configurations for broker, topic, consumer, and monitoring readiness.

14|1|Updated May 5, 2026
Search Tags:#production readiness#kafka#strimzi#topic design#consumer group lag#sasl ssl#prometheus monitoring
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Skill: infra-kafka-platform-review
Source: https://github.com/ivanshamaev/de-agent-skills/tree/main/group_skills/infra_dataops_group_skills/infra_kafka_platform_review
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SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps you prevent Kafka production issues by giving a structured review checklist for broker, topic, consumer, producer, security, and monitoring configuration choices before promoting a cluster.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Production broker configuration review: Validate replication safety, topic auto-creation controls, retention/segment strategy, networking and JVM sizing, and KRaft listener setup.
  • Topic and consumption design guidance: Choose partition counts using throughput and parallelism, apply naming conventions, and configure retention vs compaction patterns.
  • Operations and observability readiness: Set up JMX-to-Prometheus metrics, define alert rules for replication/ISR and consumer lag, and plan capacity for storage growth; includes Kubernetes deployment considerations with Strimzi.

Quick Start

Ask the agent to review your intended Kafka production configuration and topic/consumer design for replication safety, partitioning, security (SASL_SSL and ACLs), and monitoring/alerting coverage.

Frequently Asked Questions about infra-kafka-platform-review

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I review Kafka production readiness before promoting a cluster?▼

Kafka production readiness reviews validate broker settings, topic design, consumer behavior, producer tuning, security, and monitoring. You must ensure safe settings like min.insync.replicas with acks=all and deterministic topic management before cluster promotion.

What Kafka alerts do I need for under-replication and consumer lag?▼

Kafka monitoring requires JMX exporter metric mapping to Prometheus and actionable alert rules for under-replication, ISR shrink events, and consumer group lag. This setup ensures you catch replication and consumption issues before they impact production.

How do I plan Kafka topic partitioning and retention for production throughput?▼

Kafka topic design requires choosing partition counts based on throughput and parallelism, applying naming conventions, and configuring retention versus compaction patterns. Proper partitioning prevents consumer bottlenecks and unbounded storage growth.

Can I use this Kafka review checklist for Strimzi deployments on Kubernetes?▼

Yes, Kafka production readiness reviews explicitly apply to Kafka-on-Kubernetes deployments using Strimzi. The review covers KRaft listener setup, JVM sizing, and Strimzi-specific configuration for pre-production cluster promotion.

How do I configure Kafka security with SASL_SSL and ACLs for production?▼

Kafka security configuration reviews validate SASL_SSL setup and ACLs to ensure authenticated and authorized access. Reviewing security is required before promoting a Kafka cluster to production to prevent unauthorized topic access.

Why does Kafka consumer group lag keep increasing despite scaling consumers?▼

Kafka consumer group lag troubleshooting is part of production readiness reviews, examining consumer behavior and producer tuning. Increasing lag often indicates partition limits on parallelism or producer tuning issues requiring structured configuration analysis.

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