Configuring monitoring of Apache Kafka environment

Enter a unique name for the environment where you discover Apache Kafka instances.

Use alphanumeric characters in the name (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).

Do not use any of the following characters: ![@#$%?{}^\\\/|+=\&*();']

Enter the bootstrap server names in the format: servername:port.

Separate multiple server names by a comma.

For example, server1:9092, server2:9092.

Select one of the following options to enable the device mapping of the nodes.

Host name: The device is created by using the host name, which is returned from the API.
DNS lookup: The device is created by resolving the DNS name.
None: The device is not created.

When you select one of the device mapping options, all the database instances are discovered under the database host device.

Enter the user name to connect to JMX.

Enter the password to connect to JMX.

Enter the Aiven endpoint with port. Ensure that Jolokia integration is enabled on Aiven to expose JMX metrics.

For more information, refer to Aiven Documentation: https://aiven.io/docs/platform/howto/integrations/access-jmx-metrics-jolokia.

Enter the Jolokia endpoint username to connect to Aiven.

Enter the Jolokia endpoint password to connect to Aiven.

Download the Kafka CA certificate from Aiven and specify the path

For Aiven Kafka, generate the trust store file (client.truststore.jks) and key store file (client.keystore.p12) by using the access key, access certificate, and CA certificate, and then specify the path to the trust store file.

For more information, refer to Aiven Documentation: https://aiven.io/docs/products/kafka/howto/keystore-truststore.

Select the checkbox to enable SASL authentication.

Select the SASL authentication type. In this version, only SASL_PLAINTEXT is supported for authentication.

Enter the user name to configure the SASL connection.

Enter the password for SASL authentication.

Select this check box to enable the SSL connection.

Enter the path of the trust store file.

For example, for Windows, enter C:\\apachekafka\\jks\\truststore.jks and for Linux, enter /opt/apachekafka/jks/truststore.jks.

Enter the password for the trust store.

Enter the path of the key store file. This field is optional for the client and can be used for two-way authentication for the client.

For example, for Windows, enter C:\\apachekafka\\jks\\keystore.jks and for Linux /opt/apachekafka/jks/keystore.jks.

Enter the password for the key store file. This field is optional for the client and is required only if the SSLssl.keystore.location is configured.

Enter the password for the private key in the key store. This field is optional for the client.

Enter the Kafka topics you want to include or exclude from the monitoring.

You can enter the exact Kafka topic name or a regular expression matching one or more topics.

For example, Metric.*, Events.*|Device.*.

Select the include or exclude option to filter the Kafka topics.

Enter the Kafka consumer groups you want to include or exclude from the monitoring.

You can enter the exact consumer group name or regular expression matching one or more consumer groups.

For example, Notif.*, Config.*|Deploy.*.

Select the include or exclude option to filter the Kafka consumer groups.

Enter JVM arguments for the Java collector.

Select this option to enable PSL and Java debug.

Enter the path of the Java home directory.

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