# Kafka

The Lenses Agent can connect to any Kafka cluster or service exposing the Apache Kafka APIs and supporting the authentication methods offered by Apache Kafka.

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For JMX see [Infrastructure JMX Metrics](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/deployment/configuration/agent/automation/jmx-metrics).
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Ensure **auto.create.topics.enable=false** to avoid topic deletion issues.
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