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+# Kafka server.properties configuration
+# Template generated by Ansible
+
+# The id of the broker. This must be set to a unique integer for each broker.
+broker.id={{ play_hosts.index(inventory_hostname) + 1 }}
+
+############################# Socket Server Settings #############################
+
+# The address the socket server listens on.
+listeners=PLAINTEXT://{{ inventory_hostname }}:9092
+
+# Hostname and port the broker will advertise to producers and consumers.
+#advertised.listeners=PLAINTEXT://{{ inventory_hostname }}.local.domain:9092
+
+# Number of threads for network requests
+num.network.threads=3
+
+# Number of threads for I/O
+num.io.threads=8
+
+# Send buffer (SO_SNDBUF) size
+socket.send.buffer.bytes=102400
+
+# Receive buffer (SO_RCVBUF) size
+socket.receive.buffer.bytes=102400
+
+# Maximum size of request that the socket server will accept
+socket.request.max.bytes=104857600
+
+############################# Log Basics #############################
+
+# Directories to store log files
+log.dirs=/var/log/kafka-logs
+
+# Number of log partitions per topic
+num.partitions=3
+
+# Number of threads per data directory for log recovery and flushing
+num.recovery.threads.per.data.dir=1
+
+############################# Internal Topic Settings  #############################
+
+# Replication factors for internal topics
+offsets.topic.replication.factor=1
+transaction.state.log.replication.factor=1
+transaction.state.log.min.isr=1
+
+############################# Log Flush Policy #############################
+
+# Interval at which to force a flush of data to disk
+#log.flush.interval.messages=10000
+#log.flush.interval.ms=1000
+
+############################# Log Retention Policy #############################
+
+# Log retention hours
+log.retention.hours=168
+
+# Size-based log retention
+#log.retention.bytes=1073741824
+
+# Maximum size of a log segment file
+log.segment.bytes=1073741824
+
+# Check interval for log retention
+log.retention.check.interval.ms=300000
+
+############################# Zookeeper #############################
+
+# Zookeeper connection string
+zookeeper.connect={% for host in groups['kafka'] %}{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_fqdn'] }}:2181{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+
+# Zookeeper connection timeout
+zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms=6000
+
+############################# Group Coordinator Settings #############################
+
+# Initial rebalance delay
+group.initial.rebalance.delay.ms=0