Setup Requirements

Data Collection Setup

Metrics are collected via the JMX interface on the Kafka Broker server.

Port: 9999 (TCP) connection to the Apache Kafka Broker server.

If authentication is setup on the Kalfka Broker server, then use a Kafka user.
For more information see: Security in the Apache Kafka Documentation

Apache Kafka: 1.0.0 - 2.0.10+

Name	Required?	Description
Brokers	Required	Comma-separated list of one or more brokers to connect to.
Port		The port for communication to the Apache Kafka platform.
Producers		Comma-separated list of one or more producers to connect to.
Consumers		Comma-separated list of one or more consumers to connect to.
Username
Password
SSL Configuration		The SSL mode to use when connecting to the target. Can be configured to not use SSL (No SSL), use SSL but do not verify the target's certificate (No Verify), and use SSL and verify the target's certificate (Verify).
Connection Timeout (seconds)		The number of seconds to allow for connecting to the Apache Kafka platform.
Request Timeout (seconds)		The number of seconds to allow for the API to return a response.