Configuring monitoring of Apache Kafka environment

Environment name

Enter a logical unique name for the environment. A container will be created with the environment name. BMC recommends to provide alphanumeric characters in environment name.

The following characters can be used in the environment name:

A-Z a-z 0-9 -_

Kafka home

Enter the path to the folder where the Kafka files reside.

For example:

Windows: C:\kafka_2.11-0.10.0.1

Unix\LINUX: /usr/kafka_2.11-0.10.0.1

Java home

Specify the path to the JAVA home directory.

For example, if your JAVA executable exists in the /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45/jre/bin/java path, specify /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45/jre as the value in this field.

User Name

Enter the name of the local admin user with permission to run the JAVA process.

Password

Enter a password for the local admin user.

Confirm Password

Re-enter the password for confirmation.

Host/IP

Enter the host name or an IP address of the ZooKeeper.

Port

Enter the port number. The default port number is 2181.

Topic

Enter the Kafka topic details. This topic is used for monitoring. You can enter an existing topic name. If the topic does not exist, a new topic is created with the given name.

Collection level

Select the collection level for monitoring the instance.

• Infrastructure Availability
• Static topic monitoring

Security protocol

Enter the protocol name that will be used to communicate with the brokers.

Valid values:

• PLAINTEXT
• SASL_PLAINTEXT

Default:

• PLAINTEXT

SASL kerberos service name

Enter the Kerberos principal name. This value can be defined either in the Kafka JAAS config or in Kafka config.

For information about how to configure the KM with Kerberos Kafka environment, see Configuring-the-KM-to-work-with-Kerberos-Kafka-server-environment.

Krb5 config path

Enter the path to the folder where the krb5 files reside.

For information about how to configure the KM with Kerberos Kafka environment, see  Configuring-the-KM-to-work-with-Kerberos-Kafka-server-environment.

Jaas config path

Enter the path to the folder where the Jaas config files reside.

For information about how to configure the KM with Kerberos Kafka environment, see  Configuring-the-KM-to-work-with-Kerberos-Kafka-server-environment.

Optional KVM args

Enter JVM arguments for the JAVA collector.

Logging

Select this checkbox to enable PSL and JAVA debug.

Availability collection time (min)

Enter the availability collection time in minutes for the JAVA collector. Default value is 1 minute.

Data collection time (min)

Enter the data collection time in minutes for the JAVA collector. Default value is 5 minutes.

Device mapping

Clear this checkbox to disable the device mapping on the TrueSight or the BPPM user console. By default, device mapping is enabled (check box selected).

 Enabling device mapping consolidates Elasticsearch monitoring at device level. 

OK

Click to save and close the configuration window.

Cancel

Click this option to exit without saving any changes.