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.
Add your bootstrap brokers including ports
Optionally, security protocol e.g. SASL_SCRAM, SASL_SSL
Optionally, SASL Mechanism, e.g. SCRAM-SHA-256
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.
Lenses allows you to connect to brokers JMX. Supported formats are:
Simple with and without SSL
Jolokia (JOLOKIAG and JOLOKIAP)
With and without SSL
With Basic Auth
Custom http requests and suffix
AWS Open Monitoring