Kafka Backup Cheat Sheet

How to Backup Topic

Syntac :

$ backup-standalone.sh --bootstrap-server [source-bootstrap-node]:9092 --topics [topic-name] --target-dir [directory-path-to-put-backup-result]

Eg :

$ backup-standalone.sh --bootstrap-server de-devcluster2-kafka-vm-0:9092 --topics TestDevOps1Topic --target-dir /var/tmp/test/kafka-backup

How to Restore Topic

Syntac :

$ restore-standalone.sh --bootstrap-server [target-bootstrap-node]:9092 --topics [topic-name] --source-dir [directory-path-where-backup-placed] 

Eg :

$ restore-standalone.sh --bootstrap-server 10.22.21.21:9092 --topics TestDevOps1Topic --source-dir  /var/tmp/test/kafka-backup