AirBNB's kafkat tool has a "set-replication-factor" option. I've never tried it myself.
https://github.com/airbnb/kafkat -James > On Jun 10, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Aditya Auradkar <aaurad...@linkedin.com.INVALID> > wrote: > > The replica list that you specify can be used to increment/decrement the > replication factor. > http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#basic_ops_increase_replication_factor > > Aditya > > ________________________________________ > From: Robin Yamaguchi [ro...@tune.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 4:05 PM > To: users@kafka.apache.org > Subject: Changing replication factor for an existing topic > > Greetings, > > With Kafka 0.8.2.1, is there a way to either raise or lower the replication > factor of an existing topic? Searching through this list, there was > mention that the tool has yet to be developed. It doesn't seem possible > still looking at the replication tools wiki, nor with yahoo's kafka > manager. Thought I give this list another shot. > > Thank you, > Robin