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dalelane-kafka-datasource
A Grafana data source plugin for Apache Kafka - for visualising the contents of Kafka messages
Configuration
| Option | Default | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Bootstrap servers | address to connect to (in the form of host:port) |
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| Client id | grafana |
how Grafana should identify itself to Kafka |
| Consumer Group id | grafana |
name of the consumer group Grafana should join |
| Authentication type | none |
SASL mechanism to use (None if no authentication required) |
| username | SASL username (ignored if Authentication type is None) | |
| password | SASL password (ignored if Authentication type is None) | |
| Use TLS | false |
true for security protocol SASL_SSL |
Screenshots
Configuring a new data source
Dashboard plotting Kafka events as timeseries data
Limitations / TODOs
- Only JSON data is currently supported (other formats, such as Apache Avro, to be added)
- Only unauthorised, or SASL/SCRAM auth types are currently supported (other auth mechanisms, such as SASL/PLAIN and mTLS, to be added)
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