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id: kafka_client
title: Monitoring： Kafka Monitoring (Client-based)
sidebar_label: Kafka Monitoring (Client-based)
keywords: [open-source monitoring system, open-source message middleware monitoring, Kafka monitoring]

Collect and monitor general metrics for Kafka.

Configuration Parameters

Parameter Name	Help Description
Monitoring Host	The monitored peer's IPv4, IPv6, or domain name. Note: ⚠️ Do not include protocol headers (e.g., https://, http://).
Monitoring Port	The monitored service port.
Task Name	The identifier for this monitoring task, which must be unique.
Collection Interval	The interval for periodic data collection, in seconds. The minimum allowable interval is 30 seconds.
Description/Remarks	Additional information to describe and identify this monitoring task. Users can add remarks here.

Collected Metrics

Metric Set: topic_list

Metric Name	Unit	Help Description
TopicName	None	Topic Name

Metric Set: topic_detail

Metric Name	Unit	Help Description
TopicName	None	Topic Name
PartitionNum	None	Number of Partitions
PartitionLeader	None	Partition Leader
BrokerHost	None	Broker Host
BrokerPort	None	Broker Port
ReplicationFactorSize	None	Replication Factor Size
ReplicationFactor	None	Replication Factor

Metric Set: topic_offset

Metric Name	Unit	Help Description
TopicName	None	Topic Name
PartitionNum	None	Number of Partitions
earliest	None	Earliest Offset
latest	None	Latest Offset

Metric Set：consumer_detail

Metric Name	Unit	Help Description
GroupId	None	Consumer Group Id
group_member_num	None	Number of Consumer Instances
Subscribed Topic Name	None	Topic Name Subscribed by the Group
offset_of_each_partition	None	Offsets for Each Partition
Lag	None	Lag of Consumer