I found this way: zookeeper-shell.sh localhost:2181 get /config/topics/foo
{"version":1,"config":{"cleanup.policy":"compact"}} cZxid = 0x57 ctime = Tue Oct 14 12:02:54 PDT 2014 mZxid = 0x57 mtime = Tue Oct 14 12:02:54 PDT 2014 pZxid = 0x57 cversion = 0 dataVersion = 0 aclVersion = 0 ephemeralOwner = 0x0 dataLength = 51 numChildren = 0 On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Roger Hoover <roger.hoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > How do I check if a topic is configured for compaction? Is there a > command-line tool to see topic metadata like cleanup.policy=compact? > > Thanks, > > Roger >