Kafka Metrics
Collect and ship Kafka server metrics to Logstash and Elasticsearch.
Metricbeat is a lightweight shipper that helps you monitor your Kafka servers by collecting metrics running on the Kafka server. Configure Metricbeat using the pre-defined examples below to collect and ship Apache Kafka service metrics and statistics to Logstash or Elasticsearch.
Follow this step by step guide to get 'logs' from your system to Logit.io:
Step 2 - Copy configuration file
The configuration file below is pre-configured to send data to your Logit.io Stack via Logstash.
Copy the configuration file below and overwrite the contents of metricbeat.yml.
###################### Logit.io Metricbeat Configuration #######################
# =========================== Modules configuration ============================
metricbeat.config.modules:
# Glob pattern for configuration loading
path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
# Set to true to enable config reloading
reload.enabled: false
# Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
#reload.period: 10s
# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================
setup.template.settings:
index.number_of_shards: 1
index.codec: best_compression
#_source.enabled: false
# ================================== Outputs ===================================
# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
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Step 3 - Enable module
There are several built in metricbeat modules you can use. To enable the Kafka module, run the following:
deb/rpm
metricbeat modules list
metricbeat modules enable kafka
Windows
PS > .\metricbeat.exe modules enable kafka
Step 4 - Configure module
Each module has its own configuration file where different metricsets can be enabled / disabled. Locate the configuration file for the Kafka module.
deb/rpm
/etc/metricbeat/modules.d/kafka.yml
win
~/<EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>/modules.d/kafka.yml
By default the following metricsets are disabled. To enable or disable a metric simply comment or uncomment the line out.
- module: kafka
# metricsets:
# - partition
# - consumergroup
period: 10s
hosts: ["localhost:9092"]
#client_id: metricbeat
#retries: 3
#backoff: 250ms
Step 5 - Start Metricbeat
Start or restart to apply the configuration changes.
Step 6 - how to diagnose no data in Stack
If you don't see data appearing in your Stack after following the steps, visit the Help Centre guide for steps to diagnose no data appearing in your Stack or Chat to support now.
Step 7 - Compatibility
The Kafka modules are tested with Kafka 0.10.2.1, 1.1.0 and 2.1.1.
Step 8 - Kafka Module Dashboard
The Kafka module comes with predefined Kibana dashboards. To view your dashboards for any of your Logit.io stacks, launch Kibana and choose Dashboards.