# Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. How can I check if [MXE](what/mxe.md) Kafka topics are created?

You can use a utility like [kafkacat](https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat) to list all topics. 
You can run below command to see the Kafka topics created in your Kafka broker.

```bash
kafkacat -L -b localhost:9092
```

Confirm that `MetadataChangeEvent` & `MetadataAuditEvent` topics exist besides the default ones. Example response as below:

```bash
Metadata for all topics (from broker 1: localhost:9092/1):
 1 brokers:
  broker 1 at localhost:9092
 5 topics:
  topic "_schemas" with 1 partitions:
    partition 0, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
  topic "__consumer_offsets" with 50 partitions:
    partition 0, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 1, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 2, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 3, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 4, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 5, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 6, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 7, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 8, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 9, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 10, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 11, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 12, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 13, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 14, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 15, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 16, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 17, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 18, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 19, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 20, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 21, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 22, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 23, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 24, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 25, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 26, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 27, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 28, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 29, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 30, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 31, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 32, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 33, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 34, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 35, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 36, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 37, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 38, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 39, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 40, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 41, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 42, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 43, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 44, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 45, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 46, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 47, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 48, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
    partition 49, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
  topic "MetadataChangeEvent" with 1 partitions:
    partition 0, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
  topic "__confluent.support.metrics" with 1 partitions:
    partition 0, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
  topic "MetadataAuditEvent" with 1 partitions:
    partition 0, leader 1, replicas: 1, isrs: 1
```

2. How can I check if search indices are created in Elasticsearch?

You can run below command to see the search indices created in your Elasticsearch.

```bash
curl http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices
```

Confirm that `datasetdocument` & `corpuserinfodocument` indices exist besides the default ones. Example response as below:

```bash
yellow open .monitoring-es-6-2020.01.27     hNu-jjU3Tl2SKKFdXzjxHQ 1 1 27279 34  14.8mb  14.8mb
yellow open .watcher-history-6-2020.01.27   70BeSxOkQiCsBCGNtZNfAw 1 1  1210  0     1mb     1mb
yellow open corpuserinfodocument            VCupUjstS4SrZHLDruwVzg 5 1     2  0    11kb    11kb
yellow open .monitoring-kibana-6-2020.01.27 pfJy8HOxRQKG-RQKexMKkA 1 1  1456  0 688.3kb 688.3kb
yellow open .watches                        jmJxYOjrSamqlTi-UIrxTA 1 1     4  0  19.6kb  19.6kb
yellow open datasetdocument                 5HB_IpjYSbOh3QUSUeuwgA 5 1     3  0  27.9kb  27.9kb
yellow open .monitoring-alerts-6            qEAoSNpTRRyqO7fqAzwpeg 1 1     1  0   6.2kb   6.2kb
yellow open .triggered_watches              7g7_MGXFR7mBx0FwQzxpUg 1 1     0  0  48.1kb  48.1kb
yellow open .kibana                         HEQj4GnTQauN3HkwM8CPng 1 1     1  0   3.2kb   3.2kb
```