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# Retrieve a Kafka Cluster

Allows you to retrieve the details of a specific Kafka cluster based on its ID.

## Endpoint

`GET /clusters/{clusterId}`

The `GET /clusters/{clusterId}` endpoint retrieves detailed information about a specific Kafka cluster identified by its unique UUID (`clusterId`). This endpoint returns metadata, including creation and modification dates, ownership details, and current operational state. The `properties` section provides specific details such as the cluster name, version, size, and connection information, including broker addresses, and network configurations.

Use this endpoint to fetch comprehensive details about a Kafka cluster within your environment, facilitating effective management and monitoring of Kafka resources.

## Request

```bash
curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://kafka.de-txl.ionos.com/clusters/e69b22a5-8fee-56b1-b6fb-4a07e4205ead' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer $Token'
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request Header Parameters" %}
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:

| Header Parameters | Required | Type   | Description                                                  |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Accept`          | yes      | string | Set this to `application/json`.                              |
| `Authorization`   | yes      | string | Provide a header value as `Bearer` followed by your `token`. |
| {% endtab %}      |          |        |                                                              |

{% tab title="Request Path Parameters" %}

| Path Parameters | Required | Type   | Description                                                                                         |
| --------------- | -------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `clusterId`     | Yes      | string | <p>The UUID of the Kafka cluster.<br>Example: <code>e69b22a5-8fee-56b1-b6fb-4a07e4205ead</code></p> |
| {% endtab %}    |          |        |                                                                                                     |
| {% endtabs %}   |          |        |                                                                                                     |

## Response

**200 Successful operation**

```json
{
  "id": "e69b22a5-8fee-56b1-b6fb-4a07e4205ead",
  "type": "cluster",
  "href": "/clusters/e69b22a5-8fee-56b1-b6fb-4a07e4205ead",
  "metadata": {
    "createdDate": "2020-12-10T13:37:50+01:00",
    "createdBy": "ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "createdByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2020-12-11T13:37:50+01:00",
    "lastModifiedBy": "ionos:identity:::users/87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "resourceURN": "ionos:<product>:<location>:<contract>:<resource-path>",
    "state": "AVAILABLE",
    "brokerAddresses": [
      "192.168.1.101:9093",
      "192.168.1.102:9093",
      "192.168.1.103:9093"
    ]
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "my-kafka-cluster",
    "version": "4.0.0",
    "size": "S",
    "connections": [
      {
        "datacenterId": "5a029f4a-72e5-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003",
        "lanId": "2",
        "brokerAddresses": [
          "192.168.1.101/24",
          "192.168.1.102/24",
          "192.168.1.103/24"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```


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