This page describes connection the Lenses Agent to a AWS MSK cluster.
It is recommended to install the Agent on an EC2 instance or with EKS in the same VPC as your MSK cluster. The Agent can be installed and preconfigured via the AWS Marketplace.
Edit the AWS MSK security group in the AWS Console and add the IP address of your Agent installation.
If you want to have the Agent collect JMX metrics you have to enable Open Monitoring on your MSK cluster. Follow the AWS guide here.
Depending on your MSK cluster, select the endpoint and protocol you want to connect with.
It is not recommended to use Plaintext for secure environments. For these environments use TLS or IAM.
When the Agent is running inside AWS and is connecting to an Amazon’s Managed Kafka (MSK) instance, IAM can be used for authentication.