diff --git a/utils/cluster/README.md b/utils/cluster/README.md
index 25541fe..05e7b93 100644
--- a/utils/cluster/README.md
+++ b/utils/cluster/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ The goal of this fabric script is to setup a test cluster on baremetal leveragin
     - nodes data bag
 - From the utils directory (or specifying that fabfile) start the install script
   - `fab cluster.setup -H host1,host2,host3`
-- Setup the Vertica database schema
-- Setup the mysql database schema
-- Restart any services which require vertica or mysql
+- create kafka topics - kafka::create_topics recipe can be run on 1 machine
+- Setup the Vertica database schema - the vertica::create_db recipe and scripts can be used for reference but won't work for a cluster
+  - The problems with the script are:
+    - The create_db command needs all ips specified for the -s arg, they are comma seperated
+    - The symbolic linking of ssl cert/key needs to be done on each node
+    - The restart policy should be set to ksafe rather than always
+- Setup the mysql database schema - the mini-mon::mysql_schema tecipe can be run on 1 machine
+- Restart any services which require vertica, mysql or kafka
+
+
+## Optional Configuration
+- Add in the Vertica Console to one of the machines. This can be done with vertica::console recipe
diff --git a/utils/cluster/roles/Mon-Node.json b/utils/cluster/roles/Mon-Node.json
index a07aeff..8349184 100644
--- a/utils/cluster/roles/Mon-Node.json
+++ b/utils/cluster/roles/Mon-Node.json
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
       "cluster": "mon",
       "listen_address": "127.0.0.1",
       "topics": {
-        "metrics": { "replicas": 1, "partitions": 4 },
-        "events": { "replicas": 1, "partitions": 4 },
-        "alarm-state-transitions": { "replicas": 1, "partitions": 4 },
-        "alarm-notifications": { "replicas": 1, "partitions": 4 }
+        "metrics": { "replicas": 3, "partitions": 4 },
+        "events": { "replicas": 3, "partitions": 4 },
+        "alarm-state-transitions": { "replicas": 3, "partitions": 4 },
+        "alarm-notifications": { "replicas": 3, "partitions": 4 }
       }
     },
     "percona": {
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
     "recipe[sysctl]",
     "recipe[mon_api]",
     "recipe[mon_persister]",
-    "recipe[mon_agent]",
-    "recipe[mon_thresh]"
+    "recipe[mon_thresh]",
+    "recipe[mon_agent]"
   ],
   "env_run_lists": {
   }