kolla-ansible/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/kafka-guide.rst
Doug Szumski b758883418 Support setting Kafka storage volume
Not everyone wants Kafka data stored on a Docker volume. This
change allows a user to flexibly control where the data is stored.

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.. _kafka-guide:
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Apache Kafka
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Overview
~~~~~~~~
`Kafka <https://kafka.apache.org/intro>`_ is a distributed stream processing
system. It forms the central component of Monasca and in an OpenStack context
can also be used as an experimental messaging backend in `Oslo messaging
<https://docs.openstack.org/oslo.messaging/latest/admin/kafka.html>`_.
Kafka
~~~~~
A spinning disk array is normally sufficient for Kafka. The data directory
defaults to a docker volume, ``kafka``. Since it can use a lot of disk space,
you may wish to store the data on a dedicated device. This can be achieved by
setting ``kafka_datadir_volume`` in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``:
.. code-block:: yaml
kafka_datadir_volume: /mnt/spinning_array/kafka/