# Confluent Cloud error: Broker may not be available **URL:** \ **Category:** Confluent Cloud\ **Created:** [22 November 2021 08:27 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/confluent-cloud-error-broker-may-not-be-available/3482 "2021-11-22T08:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [22 November 2021 13:44 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/confluent-cloud-error-broker-may-not-be-available/3482/2 "2021-11-22T13:44:07Z")
Hi @Suja in general it might be related to the advertised listener parameter in server.properties. As you are using confluent cloud it should be already configured correctly I guess. Nevertheless some further reading > [@Running Kafka Connect (Sink) On Separate Machine From Zookeeper & Topic (non localhost)](https://forum.confluent.io/t/running-kafka-connect-sink-on-separate-machine-from-zookeeper-topic-non-localhost/3038): > > Greetings, Beginner Problem: I’m running a Kafka environment (machine #1) on a standalone machine and MySQL on a separate machine (machine #2). The Kafka environment is running well, with an Avro(ized) topic. My goal is to use a Connector to sink the data from the topic to the MySQL database. However, when I attempt to start up the Connect instance on the database machine (#2) -pointed to the zookeeper socket of the Kafka environment (#1) -, I receive the following message: WARN [AdminClien… > **[Why Can’t I Connect to Kafka? | Troubleshoot Connectivity](https://www.confluent.io/blog/kafka-client-cannot-connect-to-broker-on-aws-on-docker-etc/)** > > How to troubleshoot connectivity between Kafka clients (Python, Java, Spring, Go, etc.) to Kafka on Docker, AWS, or any other machine. HTH, Michael --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.confluent.io/t/confluent-cloud-error-broker-may-not-be-available/3482)._