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In this article:

  • Required paid resources
  • Update the cluster version
  • Migrate the cluster to KRaft
  • Delete the resources you created
  1. Tutorials
  2. Upgrading a Managed Service for Apache Kafka® cluster to migrate from ZooKeeper to KRaft

Upgrading a Managed Service for Apache Kafka® cluster to migrate from ZooKeeper to KRaft

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at August 19, 2025
  • Required paid resources
  • Update the cluster version
  • Migrate the cluster to KRaft
  • Delete the resources you created

Managed Service for Apache Kafka® multi-host clusters version 3.5 and lower use ZooKeeper to manage metadata. ZooKeeper support will be discontinued starting from Apache Kafka® 4.0. You can migrate clusters with ZooKeeper hosts to the KRaft protocol. Starting with version 3.6, Apache Kafka® uses KRaft as the main metadata synchronization protocol.

To switch to KRaft in a ZooKeeper cluster:

  1. Update the cluster version.
  2. Migrate the cluster to KRaft.

If you no longer need the resources you created, delete them.

Required paid resourcesRequired paid resources

The support cost includes:

  • Managed Service for Apache Kafka® cluster fee: using computing resources allocated to hosts (including KRaft hosts) and disk space (see Managed Service for Apache Kafka® pricing).
  • Fee for using public IP addresses for cluster hosts (see Virtual Private Cloud pricing).

Update the cluster versionUpdate the cluster version

Update Apache Kafka® in your cluster with ZooKeeper to version 3.9 step by step without skipping versions in the following order: 3.5 → 3.6 → 3.7 → 3.8 → 3.9. If your cluster’s version is lower than 3.5, first, update the cluster to this version.

Management console
CLI
Terraform
REST API
gRPC API
  1. Navigate to the folder dashboard and select Managed Service for Kafka.
  2. In the row with your cluster, click , then select Edit.
  3. In the Version field, select version 3.6.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Repeat the steps for the remaining Apache Kafka® versions in the given order.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI installed yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. Initiate updating Apache Kafka® in your cluster with the following command:

    yc managed-kafka cluster update <cluster_name_or_ID> \
       --version=3.6
    
  2. Repeat the command for the remaining versions in the given order.

  1. Open the current Terraform configuration file that defines your infrastructure.

  2. In the config section of the Managed Service for Apache Kafka® cluster, set 3.6 in the version field as the new Apache Kafka® version:

    resource "yandex_mdb_kafka_cluster" "<cluster_name>" {
      ...
      config {
        version = "3.6"
      }
    }
    
  3. Make sure the settings are correct.

    1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.

    2. Run this command:

      terraform validate
      

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  4. Confirm updating the resources.

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan
      

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply
        
      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

  5. Repeat the steps for the remaining Apache Kafka® versions in the given order.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into the environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Use the Cluster.update method and send the following request, e.g., via cURL:

    curl \
        --request PATCH \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-kafka/v1/clusters/<cluster_ID>' \
        --data '{
                  "updateMask": "configSpec.version",
                  "configSpec": {
                    "version": "3.6"
                  }
                }'
    

    Where:

    • updateMask: List of parameters to update as a single string, separated by commas.

      Here only one parameter is specified: configSpec.version.

    • configSpec.version: Apache Kafka® version.

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  3. View the server response to make sure the request was successful.

  4. Repeat the steps for the remaining Apache Kafka® versions in the given order.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into the environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Use the ClusterService/Update call and send the following request, e.g., via gRPCurl:

    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/kafka/v1/cluster_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
              "cluster_id": "<cluster_ID>",
              "update_mask": {
                "paths": [
                  "config_spec.version"
                ]
              },
              "config_spec": {
                "version": "3.6"
              }
            }' \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.kafka.v1.ClusterService.Update
    

    Where:

    • update_mask: List of parameters to update as an array of paths[] strings.

      Here only one parameter is specified: config_spec.version.

    • config_spec.version: Apache Kafka® version.

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  3. View the server response to make sure the request was successful.

  4. Repeat the steps for the remaining Apache Kafka® versions in the given order.

Migrate the cluster to KRaftMigrate the cluster to KRaft

To migrate a Managed Service for Apache Kafka® cluster with ZooKeeper hosts to the KRaft protocol, configure resources for the KRaft controllers.

Management console
CLI
Terraform
REST API
gRPC API
  1. Navigate to the folder dashboard and select Managed Service for Kafka.
  2. Click the cluster name.
  3. At the top of the screen, click Migrate.
  4. Select the platform, host type, and host class for the KRaft controllers.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Wait for the migration to complete.

Run this command to start the cluster migration:

yc managed-kafka cluster update <cluster_name_or_ID> \
   --controller-resource-preset "<KRaft_host_class>" \
   --controller-disk-size <storage_size> \
   --controller-disk-type <disk_type>

Where:

  • --controller-resource-preset: KRaft host class.
  • --controller-disk-type: Disk type of KRaft hosts.

Note

For KRaft controllers:

  • Only the network-ssd and network-ssd-nonreplicated disk types are available.
  • The Intel Broadwell platform is not available.

To find out the cluster name or ID, get a list of clusters in the folder.

  1. Open the current Terraform configuration file that defines your infrastructure.

  2. Delete the config.zookeeper section of the Managed Service for Apache Kafka® cluster.

  3. Add the config.kraft section with the KRaft controller resource description:

    resource "yandex_mdb_kafka_cluster" "<cluster_name>" {
      ...
      config {
        ...
        kraft {
          resources {
            disk_size          = <storage_size_in_GB>
            disk_type_id       = "<disk_type>"
            resource_preset_id = "<KRaft_host_class>"
          }
        }
      }
    }
    

    Where:

    • kraft.resources.resource_preset_id: KRaft host class.
    • kraft.resources.disk_type_id: Disk type of KRaft hosts.

    Note

    For KRaft controllers:

    • Only the network-ssd and network-ssd-nonreplicated disk types are available.
    • The Intel Broadwell platform is not available.
  4. Make sure the settings are correct.

    1. In the command line, navigate to the directory that contains the current Terraform configuration files defining the infrastructure.

    2. Run this command:

      terraform validate
      

      Terraform will show any errors found in your configuration files.

  5. Confirm updating the resources.

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan
      

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply
        
      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into the environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Use the Cluster.update method and send the following request, e.g., via cURL:

    curl \
        --request PATCH \
        --header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -url 'https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-kafka/v1/clusters/<cluster_ID>' \
        --data '{
                  "updateMask": "configSpec.kraft.resources.resourcePresetId,configSpec.kraft.resources.diskSize,configSpec.kraft.resources.diskTypeId",
                  "configSpec": {
                    "kraft": {
                      "resources": {
                        "resourcePresetId": "<KRaft_host_class>",
                        "diskSize": "<storage_size_in_bytes>",
                        "diskTypeId": "<disk_type>"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }'
    

    Where:

    • updateMask: List of parameters to update as a single string, separated by commas.

      Here you need to specify all parameters of the resources you want to add: configSpec.kraft.resources.resourcePresetId, configSpec.kraft.resources.diskSize, configSpec.kraft.resources.diskTypeId.

    • configSpec.kraft: KRaft controller configuration:

      • resources.resourcePresetId: Host class ID. You can request the list of available host classes with their IDs using the ResourcePreset.list method.
      • resources.diskSize: Disk size in bytes.
      • resources.diskTypeId: Disk type.

      Note

      For KRaft controllers:

      • Only the network-ssd and network-ssd-nonreplicated disk types are available.
      • The Intel Broadwell platform is not available.

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  3. View the server response to make sure the request was successful.

  1. Get an IAM token for API authentication and put it into the environment variable:

    export IAM_TOKEN="<IAM_token>"
    
  2. Use the ClusterService/Update call and send the following request, e.g., via gRPCurl:

    grpcurl \
        -format json \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/ \
        -import-path ~/cloudapi/third_party/googleapis/ \
        -proto ~/cloudapi/yandex/cloud/mdb/kafka/v1/cluster_service.proto \
        -rpc-header "Authorization: Bearer $IAM_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
              "cluster_id": "<cluster_ID>",
              "update_mask": {
                "paths": [
                  "config_spec.kraft.resources.resource_preset_id",
                  "config_spec.kraft.resources.disk_size",
                  "config_spec.kraft.resources.disk_type_id"
                ]
              },
              "config_spec": {
                "kraft": {
                  "resources": {
                    "resource_preset_id": "<KRaft_host_class>",
                    "disk_size": "<storage_size_in_bytes>",
                    "disk_type_id": "<disk_type>"
                  }
                }
              }
            }' \
        mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net:443 \
        yandex.cloud.mdb.kafka.v1.ClusterService.Update
    

    Where:

    • update_mask: List of parameters to update as an array of paths[] strings.

      Here you need to specify all parameters of the resources you want to add: config_spec.kraft.resources.resource_preset_id, config_spec.kraft.resources.disk_size, config_spec.kraft.resources.disk_type_id.

    • config_spec.kraft: KRaft controller configuration:

      • resources.resource_preset_id: Host class ID. You can request the list of available host classes with their IDs using the ResourcePreset.list method.
      • resources.disk_size: Disk size in bytes.
      • resources.disk_type_id: Disk type.

      Note

      For KRaft controllers:

      • Only the network-ssd and network-ssd-nonreplicated disk types are available.
      • The Intel Broadwell platform is not available.

    You can request the cluster ID with the list of clusters in the folder.

  3. View the server response to make sure the request was successful.

Delete the resources you createdDelete the resources you created

Some resources are not free of charge. To avoid paying for them, delete the resources you no longer need:

Manually
Terraform

Delete the Managed Service for Apache Kafka® cluster.

  1. In the terminal window, go to the directory containing the infrastructure plan.

    Warning

    Make sure the directory has no Terraform manifests with the resources you want to keep. Terraform deletes all resources that were created using the manifests in the current directory.

  2. Delete resources:

    1. Run this command:

      terraform destroy
      
    2. Confirm deleting the resources and wait for the operation to complete.

    All the resources described in the Terraform manifests will be deleted.

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