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<p>The Kafka output sends events to Apache Kafka.</p>
<p>To use this output, edit the APM Server configuration file to disable the Elasticsearch
output by commenting it out, and enable the Kafka output by uncommenting the
Kafka section.</p>
<p>Example configuration:</p>
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<pre class="programlisting prettyprint lang-yaml">output.kafka:
# initial brokers for reading cluster metadata
hosts: ["kafka1:9092", "kafka2:9092", "kafka3:9092"]
# message topic selection + partitioning
topic: '%{[fields.log_topic]}'
partition.round_robin:
reachable_only: false
required_acks: 1
compression: gzip
max_message_bytes: 1000000</pre>
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<p>Events bigger than <a class="xref" href="kafka-output.html#kafka-max_message_bytes" title="max_message_bytes"><code class="literal">max_message_bytes</code></a> will be dropped. To avoid this problem, make sure APM Server does not generate events bigger than <a class="xref" href="kafka-output.html#kafka-max_message_bytes" title="max_message_bytes"><code class="literal">max_message_bytes</code></a>.</p>
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<p>This output works with all Kafka versions in between 0.11 and 2.1.0. Older versions
might work as well, but are not supported.</p>
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<div class="position-relative"><h3 class="title"><a id="_configuration_options_3"></a>Configuration options</h3><a class="edit_me" rel="nofollow" title="Edit this page on GitHub" href="https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/edit/7.6/docs/copied-from-beats/outputs/kafka/docs/kafka.asciidoc">edit</a></div>
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<p>You can specify the following options in the <code class="literal">kafka</code> section of the <code class="literal">apm-server.yml</code> config file:</p>
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<p>The <code class="literal">enabled</code> config is a boolean setting to enable or disable the output. If set
to false, the output is disabled.</p>
<p>The default value is <code class="literal">false</code>.</p>
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<div class="position-relative"><h4 class="title"><a id="_hosts"></a><code class="literal">hosts</code></h4><a class="edit_me" rel="nofollow" title="Edit this page on GitHub" href="https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/edit/7.6/docs/copied-from-beats/outputs/kafka/docs/kafka.asciidoc">edit</a></div>
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<p>The list of Kafka broker addresses from where to fetch the cluster metadata.
The cluster metadata contain the actual Kafka brokers events are published to.</p>
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<p>Kafka version apm-server is assumed to run against. Defaults to 1.0.0.</p>
<p>Event timestamps will be added, if version 0.10.0.0+ is enabled.</p>
<p>Valid values are all kafka releases in between <code class="literal">0.8.2.0</code> and <code class="literal">2.0.0</code>.</p>
<p>See <a class="xref" href="kafka-output.html#kafka-compatibility" title="Compatibility">Compatibility</a> for information on supported versions.</p>
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<p>The username for connecting to Kafka. If username is configured, the password
must be configured as well. Only SASL/PLAIN is supported.</p>
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<p>The password for connecting to Kafka.</p>
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<p>The Kafka topic used for produced events.</p>
<p>You can set the topic dynamically by using a format string to access any
event field. For example, this configuration uses a custom field,
<code class="literal">fields.log_topic</code>, to set the topic for each event:</p>
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<pre class="programlisting prettyprint lang-yaml">topic: '%{[fields.log_topic]}'</pre>
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<p>To learn how to add custom fields to events, see the
<a class="xref" href="configuring-output.html#libbeat-configuration-fields" title="fields"><code class="literal">fields</code></a> option.</p>
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<p>See the <a class="xref" href="kafka-output.html#topics-option-kafka" title="topics"><code class="literal">topics</code></a> setting for other ways to set the
topic dynamically.</p>
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<p>An array of topic selector rules. Each rule specifies the <code class="literal">topic</code> to use for
events that match the rule. During publishing, APM Server sets the <code class="literal">topic</code>
for each event based on the first matching rule in the array. Rules
can contain conditionals, format string-based fields, and name mappings. If the
<code class="literal">topics</code> setting is missing or no rule matches, the
<a class="xref" href="kafka-output.html#topic-option-kafka" title="topic"><code class="literal">topic</code></a> field is used.</p>
<p>Rule settings:</p>
<div class="variablelist">
<dl class="variablelist">
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">topic</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
The topic format string to use. If this string contains field
references, such as <code class="literal">%{[fields.name]}</code>, the fields must exist, or the rule
fails.
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">mappings</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
A dictionary that takes the value returned by <code class="literal">topic</code> and maps it
to a new name.
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">default</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
The default string value to use if <code class="literal">mappings</code> does not find a
match.
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">when</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
A condition that must succeed in order to execute the current rule.
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<p>The following example sets the topic based on whether the message field contains
the specified string:</p>
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<pre class="programlisting prettyprint lang-yaml">output.kafka:
hosts: ["localhost:9092"]
topic: "logs-%{[agent.version]}"
topics:
- topic: "critical-%{[agent.version]}"
when.contains:
message: "CRITICAL"
- topic: "error-%{[agent.version]}"
when.contains:
message: "ERR"</pre>
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<p>This configuration results in topics named <code class="literal">critical-7.6.2</code>,
<code class="literal">error-7.6.2</code>, and <code class="literal">logs-7.6.2</code>.</p>
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<p>Optional formatted string specifying the Kafka event key. If configured, the
event key can be extracted from the event using a format string.</p>
<p>See the Kafka documentation for the implications of a particular choice of key;
by default, the key is chosen by the Kafka cluster.</p>
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<p>Kafka output broker event partitioning strategy. Must be one of <code class="literal">random</code>,
<code class="literal">round_robin</code>, or <code class="literal">hash</code>. By default the <code class="literal">hash</code> partitioner is used.</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">random.group_events</code></strong></span>: Sets the number of events to be published to the same
partition, before the partitioner selects a new partition by random. The
default value is 1 meaning after each event a new partition is picked randomly.</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">round_robin.group_events</code></strong></span>: Sets the number of events to be published to the
same partition, before the partitioner selects the next partition. The default
value is 1 meaning after each event the next partition will be selected.</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">hash.hash</code></strong></span>: List of fields used to compute the partitioning hash value from.
If no field is configured, the events <code class="literal">key</code> value will be used.</p>
<p><span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">hash.random</code></strong></span>: Randomly distribute events if no hash or key value can be computed.</p>
<p>All partitioners will try to publish events to all partitions by default. If a
partition’s leader becomes unreachable for the beat, the output might block. All
partitioners support setting <code class="literal">reachable_only</code> to overwrite this
behavior. If <code class="literal">reachable_only</code> is set to <code class="literal">true</code>, events will be published to
available partitions only.</p>
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<p>Publishing to a subset of available partitions potentially increases resource usage because events may become unevenly distributed.</p>
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<p>The configurable ClientID used for logging, debugging, and auditing purposes. The default is "beats".</p>
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<p>The number of concurrent load-balanced Kafka output workers.</p>
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<p>Output codec configuration. If the <code class="literal">codec</code> section is missing, events will be json encoded.</p>
<p>See <a class="xref" href="configuration-output-codec.html" title="Change the output codec">Change the output codec</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>Kafka metadata update settings. The metadata do contain information about
brokers, topics, partition, and active leaders to use for publishing.</p>
<div class="variablelist">
<dl class="variablelist">
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">refresh_frequency</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
Metadata refresh interval. Defaults to 10 minutes.
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">full</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
Strategy to use when fetching metadata, when this option is <code class="literal">true</code>, the client will maintain
a full set of metadata for all the available topics, if the this option is set to <code class="literal">false</code> it will only refresh the
metadata for the configured topics. The default is false.
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">retry.max</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
Total number of metadata update retries when cluster is in middle of leader election. The default is 3.
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">retry.backoff</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
Waiting time between retries during leader elections. Default is 250ms.
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
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<p>The number of times to retry publishing an event after a publishing failure.
After the specified number of retries, the events are typically dropped.</p>
<p>Set <code class="literal">max_retries</code> to a value less than 0 to retry until all events are published.</p>
<p>The default is 3.</p>
</div>
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<div class="position-relative"><h4 class="title"><a id="_bulk_max_size_3"></a><code class="literal">bulk_max_size</code></h4><a class="edit_me" rel="nofollow" title="Edit this page on GitHub" href="https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/edit/7.6/docs/copied-from-beats/outputs/kafka/docs/kafka.asciidoc">edit</a></div>
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<p>The maximum number of events to bulk in a single Kafka request. The default is 2048.</p>
</div>
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<p>Duration to wait before sending bulk Kafka request. 0 is no delay. The default is 0.</p>
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<p>The number of seconds to wait for responses from the Kafka brokers before timing
out. The default is 30 (seconds).</p>
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<p>The maximum duration a broker will wait for number of required ACKs. The default is 10s.</p>
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<p>Per Kafka broker number of messages buffered in output pipeline. The default is 256.</p>
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<p>The keep-alive period for an active network connection. If 0s, keep-alives are disabled. The default is 0 seconds.</p>
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<p>Sets the output compression codec. Must be one of <code class="literal">none</code>, <code class="literal">snappy</code>, <code class="literal">lz4</code> and <code class="literal">gzip</code>. The default is <code class="literal">gzip</code>.</p>
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<p>Sets the compression level used by gzip. Setting this value to 0 disables compression.
The compression level must be in the range of 1 (best speed) to 9 (best compression).</p>
<p>Increasing the compression level will reduce the network usage but will increase the cpu usage.</p>
<p>The default value is 4.</p>
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<p>The maximum permitted size of JSON-encoded messages. Bigger messages will be dropped. The default value is 1000000 (bytes). This value should be equal to or less than the broker’s <code class="literal">message.max.bytes</code>.</p>
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<p>The ACK reliability level required from broker. 0=no response, 1=wait for local commit, -1=wait for all replicas to commit. The default is 1.</p>
<p>Note: If set to 0, no ACKs are returned by Kafka. Messages might be lost silently on error.</p>
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<p>Configuration options for SSL parameters like the root CA for Kafka connections.
The Kafka host keystore should be created with the
<code class="literal">-keyalg RSA</code> argument to ensure it uses a cipher supported by
<a href="https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#why-cant-sarama-connect-to-my-kafka-cluster-using-ssl" class="ulink" target="_top">Filebeat’s Kafka library</a>.
See <a class="xref" href="configuration-ssl.html" title="SSL output settings">SSL output settings</a> for more information.</p>
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