Hi Tom, All the replication parameters have some default values:
http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#brokerconfigs And they are not overridden in the release so default values will be picked, which actually opt to not use replication unless specified per topic since default.replication.factor is default as 1. Guozhang On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Tom Amon <ta46...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I don't see the replica configuration settings (outlined in the Kafka 0.8 > documentation) in the configuration file that comes with the distribution. > I was wondering if they are necessary or if they have reasonable defaults? > Are there implications for not having them in the configuration file at > all? Can they be used as is (with the usual caveats) from the > documentation? > > Thanks > -- -- Guozhang