Enable Apache Kafka health monitoring

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Set configurations in the Apache HTTP server application to enable the Agent Client Collector to perform Apache Kafka HTTP server monitoring.

    Before you begin

    • Enable Java Management Extensions (JMX) for Kafka metric collection by running the following command:
      Environment=”JMX_PORT=9999”
    • Role required: agent_client_collector_admin

    Procedure

    1. Enable collecting Apache Kafka performance metrics using Java Management Extensions (JMX) by running the following command: 
      JMX_PORT=9999 bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties
    2. Configure the admin server port by modifying the port number of the admin.serverPort property in the zookeeper.properties file.
      The default port is 8080.