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[[metricbeat-module-kafka]]
== kafka Module

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This is the kafka Module.



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=== Example Configuration

The kafka module supports the standard configuration options that are described
in <<configuration-metricbeat>>. Here is an example configuration:

[source,yaml]
----
metricbeat.modules:
#- module: kafka
  #metricsets: ["partition"]
  #enabled: true
  #period: 10s
  #hosts: ["localhost:9092"]

  #client_id: metricbeat
  #retries: 3
  #backoff: 250ms

  # List of Topics to query metadata for. If empty, all topics will be queried.
  #topics: []

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

  # SASL authentication
  #username: ""
  #password: ""
----

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=== Metricsets

The following metricsets are available:

* <<metricbeat-metricset-kafka-consumergroup,consumergroup>>

* <<metricbeat-metricset-kafka-partition,partition>>

include::kafka/consumergroup.asciidoc[]

include::kafka/partition.asciidoc[]

