# Kafka - [Configure Clients](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client.md): This pages explains how to configure your Apache Kafka client with WarpStream. - [Tuning for Performance](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client/tuning-for-performance.md): Instructions on how to tune various Kafka clients for performance with WarpStream. - [Automatic Fetch Size Auto-tuning](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client/client-configuration-auto-tuning.md): How to allow the Agents to auto-tune settings - [Configure Clients to Eliminate AZ Networking Costs](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client/configure-clients-to-eliminate-az-networking-costs.md): How to configure your Kafka clients to keep all traffic zone-local. - [Force Interzone Load Balancing](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client/configure-clients-to-eliminate-az-networking-costs/tune-interzone-load-balancing.md): This page described how to force inter-zone load balancing for clients that don't regularly refresh their Metadata. - [Configuring Kafka Client ID Features](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client/configuring-kafka-client-id-features.md): WarpStream uses the client id setting that you set on Apache Kafka clients to control how certain features are activated - [Hosted Metadata Endpoint](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client/administrate-your-byoc-clusters-with-serverless.md): This page explains how you can leverage WarpStream's hosted metadata endpoint to administer your WarpStream BYOC clusters from anywhere. - [Port Forwarding (K8s)](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client/port-forwarding-k8s.md): This page provides documentation on how to solve a common problem with WarpStream: connecting to Agents deployed in K8s by port-forwarding. - [Known Issues](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/configure-kafka-client/known-issues.md) - [Manage Security](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-security.md): This page describes how to manage the various security aspects of WarpStream's Kafka product. - [ACLs](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-security/configure-acls.md): The following page provides a management guide for ACLs (Access Control Lists). This document provides instructions on how to enable, disable, create, and delete ACLs for your WarpStream clusters. - [TLS](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-security/protect-data-in-motion-with-tls-encryption.md): This page described how to configure the Agents to terminate TLS. - [SASL Authentication](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-security/sasl-authentication.md): This page describe how to configure the WarpStream Agents with SASL authentication. - [Mutual TLS (mTLS)](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-security/mutual-tls-mtls.md): This page describes how to configure the Agents to enforce mTLS. - [SASL/OAUTHBEARER Authentication](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-security/sasl-oauthbearer-authentication.md) - [Manage Connectors](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-connectors.md): This page describes the various options for connector products in WarpStream. - [Managed Data Pipelines](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-connectors/bento.md): This page explains how to use the WarpStream Managed Data Pipelines functionality. - [Cookbooks](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/manage-connectors/bento/cookbooks.md): This page contains a collection of WarpStream-specific Bento recipes to help you accomplish common tasks. - [Deploy (advanced)](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options.md): This section explains how to configure more advanced deployment options for the WarpStream BYOC Agents. - [Agent Roles](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/splitting-agent-roles.md): How to run different services on different sets of Agents - [Agent Groups](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/agent-groups.md): How to split Agents for a cluster into different "groups". - [Low Latency Clusters](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/low-latency-clusters.md): Configure the WarpStream Agent with lightning topics and a S3 Express, DynamoDB or Spanner storage layer to reduce Produce latency. - [S3 Express](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/low-latency-clusters/s3-express.md) - [AWS Dynamo DB](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/low-latency-clusters/aws-dynamo-db.md) - [Google Spanner (beta)](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/low-latency-clusters/google-spanner-beta.md) - [Lightning topics](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/low-latency-clusters/lightning-topics.md): This page explains how to configure topics as Lightning Topics and what impact that will have. - [Multi-Region Clusters](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/multi-region.md) - [Network Architecture Considerations](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/configure-warpstream-agent-within-a-container-or-behind-a-proxy.md): This page describes a variety of different approaches that can be used to deploy WarpStream with more advanced network setups. - [Agent Configuration Reference](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/agent-configuration.md): Reference documentation for WarpStream Agent flags. - [Reducing Infrastructure Costs](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/reducing-infrastructure-costs.md): How to reduce infrastructure costs for WarpStream BYOC clusters. - [Ripcord](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/advanced-agent-deployment-options/ripcord.md): Ripcord enables WarpStream Agents to continue ingesting data and accepting Produce requests even when the control plane is unavailable. - [Orbit (Cluster Linking)](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/orbit.md): Replicate and migrate Kafka clusters. - [Benchmark](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/benchmarking.md): How to Benchmark WarpStream. - [Reference](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference.md): This section contains various reference information about the WarpStream Kafka product. - [Compression](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/compression.md): Overview of how compression works in WarpStream and how to configure it. - [Protocol and Feature Support](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/protocol-and-feature-support.md) - [Kafka vs WarpStream Configuration Reference](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/protocol-and-feature-support/kafka-vs-warpstream-configuration-reference.md): The purpose of this page is to compare configuration options in Kafka and WarpStream 1:1 as applicable. - [Compacted topics](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/protocol-and-feature-support/compacted-topics.md): Information about compacted topics in WarpStream. - [Topic Configuration Reference](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/protocol-and-feature-support/topic-configuration-reference.md) - [HTTP Endpoints](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/protocol-and-feature-support/http-endpoints.md): This pages describes the HTTP endpoints available in the WarpStream Kafka product. - [Partitions Auto-Scaler](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/partitions-auto-scaler-beta.md): This page describes the functionality of WarpStream's Partitions Auto-Scaler. - [Serverless Clusters](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/serverless-clusters.md) - [Partition Assignment Strategies](https://docs.warpstream.com/warpstream/kafka/reference/partition-assignment-strategies.md): This page explains the various different partition assignment strategies in WarpStream. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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