[KAFKA-12161] Raft observers should not require an id to fetch

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: Jason Gustafson
• Reporter: Jason Gustafson
• Created: 08/Jan/21 02:54
• Updated: 15/Jan/21 22:10
• Resolved: 15/Jan/21 22:10

Description

It is useful to allow observers to replay the metadata log without requiring a replica id. For example, this can be used by tools in order to inspect the current metadata state. In order to support this, we should modify `KafkaRaftClient` so that the broker id is not required.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9871