# Kafka Connect: Share group.id across 2 different connectors under the same cluster

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connect-share-group-id-across-2-different-connectors-under-the-same-cluster/8260>\
**Category:** Kafka Connect\
**Created:** [6 July 2023 13:02 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connect-share-group-id-across-2-different-connectors-under-the-same-cluster/8260 "2023-07-06T13:02:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![SDev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SDev](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SDev)\
**Post date:** [6 July 2023 13:02 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connect-share-group-id-across-2-different-connectors-under-the-same-cluster/8260/1 "2023-07-06T13:02:26Z")

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Can I use the same group.id across multiple sink connectors in the same distributed Kafka cluster?

i.e. define the group.id once in worker properties which will be used by all connectors.

If possible how can I do it?

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**Author:** ![OneCricketeer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/onecricketeer/32/1551_2.png) [@OneCricketeer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/OneCricketeer)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 23:25 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connect-share-group-id-across-2-different-connectors-under-the-same-cluster/8260/2 "2023-07-25T23:25:08Z")

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`consumer.overrride.group.id` can be set in connector configs for consumer group management, but `group.id` in the worker properties means something else for cluster management

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/confluentcommunity/original/1X/c49438c90c9df282e9996fdf6971be890c71b65a.svg) [@system](https://forum.confluent.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [24 August 2023 23:25 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connect-share-group-id-across-2-different-connectors-under-the-same-cluster/8260/3 "2023-08-24T23:25:09Z")

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Closed on 24 August 2023 23:25 UTC

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