Apache Kafka

This page describes connecting Lenses to Apache Kafka.

Lenses will not start without a valid Kafka Connection. You can either add the connection via the bootstrap wizard or use provisioning for automated deployments.

1. Add your bootstrap brokers including ports

2. Optionally, security protocol e.g. SASL_SCRAM, SASL_SSL

3. Optionally, SASL Mechanism, e.g. SCRAM-SHA-256

SSL/TLS Configuration

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If your Kafka connection requires TLS, set the following

• Truststore: The SSL/TLS trust store to use as the global JVM trust store. Available formats are .jks, .p12, .pfx.

• Keystore: The SSL/TLS keystore to use for the TLS listener for Lenses. Available format is .jks.

JMX Metrics

Lenses allows you to connect to brokers JMX. Supported formats are:

1. Simple with and without SSL

2. Jolokia (JOLOKIAG and JOLOKIAP)

   1. With and without SSL

   2. With Basic Auth

   3. Custom http requests and suffix

3. AWS Open Monitoring