Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK)

Overview

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) is a fully managed service that makes it easy to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data.

This integration uses a crawler that collects metrics from CloudWatch. Read the Amazon MSK (Agent) page for information about monitoring MSK through the Datadog Agent.

Setup

Enable the Amazon MSK crawler to see MSK metrics from CloudWatch in Datadog.

Installation

If you haven’t already, set up the Amazon Web Services integration first.

Metric collection

  1. In the AWS integration page, ensure that Kafka is enabled under the Metric Collection tab.

  2. Install the Amazon MSK integration.

Log collection

Enable logging

Configure Amazon MSK to send logs either to a S3 bucket or to CloudWatch.

Notes:

  • If you log to a S3 bucket, make sure that amazon_msk is set as Target prefix.
  • If you log to a CloudWatch log group, make sure its name contains the substring msk.

Send logs to Datadog

  1. If you haven’t already, set up the Datadog Forwarder Lambda function.

  2. Once the Lambda function is installed, manually add a trigger on the S3 bucket or CloudWatch log group that contains your Amazon MSK logs in the AWS console:

Data Collected

Metrics

aws.kafka.active_controller_count
(gauge)
Only one controller per cluster should be active at any given time.
aws.kafka.active_controller_count.maximum
(gauge)
Only one controller per cluster should be active at any given time.
aws.kafka.bw_in_allowance_exceeded
(count)
The number of packets shaped because the inbound aggregate bandwidth exceeded the maximum for the broker.
aws.kafka.bw_out_allowance_exceeded
(count)
The number of packets shaped because the outbound aggregate bandwidth exceeded the maximum for the broker.
aws.kafka.bytes_in_per_sec
(rate)
The number of bytes per second received from clients.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.bytes_out_per_sec
(rate)
The number of bytes per second sent to clients.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.conn_track_allowance_exceeded
(count)
The number of packets shaped because the connection tracking exceeded the maximum for the broker. Connection tracking is related to security groups that track each connection established to ensure that return packets are delivered as expected.
aws.kafka.connection_close_rate
(rate)
The number of connections closed per second per listener. This number is aggregated per listener and filtered for the client listeners.
aws.kafka.connection_creation_rate
(rate)
The number of new connections established per second per listener. This number is aggregated per listener and filtered for the client listeners.
aws.kafka.consumer_response_send_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds for the consumer to send a response.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.cpu_credit_balance
(gauge)
This metric can help you monitor CPU credit balance on the brokers.
aws.kafka.cpu_credit_usage
(gauge)
This metric can help you monitor CPU credit usage on the instances. If your CPU usage is sustained above the baseline level of 20% you can run out of the CPU credit balance which can have a negative impact on cluster performance. You can monitor and alarm on this metric to take corrective actions.
aws.kafka.cpu_idle
(gauge)
The percentage of CPU idle time.
Shown as percent
aws.kafka.cpu_system
(gauge)
The percentage of CPU in kernel space.
Shown as percent
aws.kafka.cpu_user
(gauge)
The percentage of CPU in user space.
Shown as percent
aws.kafka.estimated_max_time_lag
(gauge)
Time estimate (in seconds) to drain MaxOffsetLag.
Shown as second
aws.kafka.estimated_time_lag
(gauge)
Time estimate (in seconds) to drain the partition offset lag.
Shown as second
aws.kafka.fetch_consumer_local_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds that the consumer request is processed at the leader.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_consumer_request_queue_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds that the consumer request waits in the request queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_consumer_response_queue_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds that the consumer request waits in the response queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_consumer_total_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean total time in milliseconds that consumers spend on fetching data from the broker.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_follower_local_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds that the follower request is processed at the leader.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_follower_request_queue_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds that the follower request waits in the request queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_follower_response_queue_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds that the follower request waits in the response queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_follower_response_send_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds for the follower to send a response.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_follower_total_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean total time in milliseconds that followers spend on fetching data from the broker.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.fetch_message_conversions_per_sec
(rate)
The number of fetch message conversions per second for the broker.
aws.kafka.fetch_throttle_byte_rate
(gauge)
The number of throttled bytes per second.
aws.kafka.fetch_throttle_queue_size
(gauge)
The number of messages in the throttle queue.
aws.kafka.fetch_throttle_time
(gauge)
The average fetch throttle time in milliseconds.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.global_partition_count
(gauge)
Total number of partitions across all brokers in the cluster.
aws.kafka.global_partition_count.maximum
(gauge)
Maximum total number of partitions across all brokers in the cluster.
aws.kafka.global_topic_count
(gauge)
Total number of topics averaged by the number of brokers in the cluster.
aws.kafka.global_topic_count.maximum
(gauge)
Maximum total number of topics averaged by the number of brokers in the cluster.
aws.kafka.kafka_app_logs_disk_used
(gauge)
The percentage of disk space used for application logs.
Shown as percent
aws.kafka.kafka_data_logs_disk_used
(gauge)
The percentage of disk space used for data logs.
Shown as percent
aws.kafka.leader_count
(gauge)
The number of leader replicas.
aws.kafka.max_offset_lag
(gauge)
The maximum offset lag across all partitions in a topic.
aws.kafka.memory_buffered
(gauge)
The size in bytes of buffered memory for the broker.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.memory_cached
(gauge)
The size in bytes of cached memory for the broker.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.memory_free
(gauge)
The size in bytes of memory that is free and available for the broker.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.memory_heap_after_gc
(gauge)
The percentage of total heap memory available after garbage collection.
Shown as percent
aws.kafka.memory_used
(gauge)
The size in bytes of memory that is in use for the broker.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.messages_in_per_sec
(rate)
The number of messages received from clients per second.
aws.kafka.network_processor_avg_idle_percent
(gauge)
The average percentage of the time the network processors are idle.
Shown as percent
aws.kafka.network_rx_dropped
(count)
The number of dropped receive packages.
aws.kafka.network_rx_errors
(count)
The number of network receive errors for the broker.
aws.kafka.network_rx_packets
(count)
The number of packets recieved by the broker.
aws.kafka.network_tx_dropped
(count)
The number of dropped transmit packages.
aws.kafka.network_tx_errors
(count)
The number of network transmit errors for the broker.
aws.kafka.network_tx_packets
(count)
The number of packets transmitted by the broker.
aws.kafka.offline_partitions_count
(gauge)
Total number of partitions that are offline in the cluster.
aws.kafka.offset_lag
(gauge)
Partition-level consumer lag in numberofoffsets.
aws.kafka.partition_count
(gauge)
The number of partitions for the broker.
aws.kafka.pps_allowance_exceeded
(count)
The number of packets shaped because the bidirectional PPS exceeded the maximum for the broker.
aws.kafka.produce_local_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds for the follower to send a response.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.produce_message_conversions_per_sec
(rate)
The number of produce message conversions per second for the broker.
aws.kafka.produce_message_conversions_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds spent on message format conversions.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.produce_request_queue_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds that request messages spend in the queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.produce_response_queue_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds that response messages spend in the queue.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.produce_response_send_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean time in milliseconds spent on sending response messages.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.produce_throttle_byte_rate
(gauge)
The number of throttled bytes per second.
aws.kafka.produce_throttle_queue_size
(gauge)
The number of messages in the throttle queue.
aws.kafka.produce_throttle_time
(gauge)
The average produce throttle time in milliseconds.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.produce_total_time_ms_mean
(gauge)
The mean produce time in milliseconds.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.replication_bytes_in_per_sec
(rate)
The number of bytes per second received from other brokers.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.replication_bytes_out_per_sec
(rate)
The number of bytes per second sent to other brokers.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.request_bytes_mean
(gauge)
The mean number of request bytes for the broker.
aws.kafka.request_exempt_from_throttle_time
(gauge)
The average time spent in broker network and I/O threads to process requests that are exempt from throttling.
aws.kafka.request_handler_avg_idle_percent
(gauge)
The average percentage of the time the request handler threads are idle.
aws.kafka.request_throttle_queue_size
(gauge)
The number of messages in the throttle queue.
aws.kafka.request_throttle_time
(gauge)
The average request throttle time in milliseconds.
Shown as millisecond
aws.kafka.request_time
(gauge)
The average time spent in broker network and I/O threads to process requests that are exempt throttled.
aws.kafka.root_disk_used
(gauge)
The percentage of the root disk used by the broker.
Shown as percent
aws.kafka.sum_offset_lag
(gauge)
The aggregated offset lag for all the partitions in a topic.
aws.kafka.swap_free
(gauge)
The size in bytes of swap memory that is available for the broker.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.swap_used
(gauge)
The size in bytes of swap memory that is in use for the broker.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.tcp_connections
(gauge)
Shows number of incoming and outgoing TCP segments with the SYN flag set.
aws.kafka.traffic_bytes
(gauge)
Shows network traffic in overall bytes between clients (producers and consumers) and brokers. Traffic between brokers isn't reported.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.under_minlsr_partition_count
(gauge)
The number of under minlsr partitions for the broker
aws.kafka.under_replicated_partitions
(gauge)
The number of under-replicated partitions for the broker.
aws.kafka.volume_queue_length
(gauge)
The number of read and write operation requests waiting to be completed in a specified time period.
aws.kafka.volume_read_bytes
(gauge)
The number of bytes read in a specified time period.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.volume_read_ops
(gauge)
The number of read operations in a specified time period.
aws.kafka.volume_total_read_time
(gauge)
The total number of seconds spent by all read operations that completed in a specified time period.
Shown as second
aws.kafka.volume_total_write_time
(gauge)
The total number of seconds spent by all write operations that completed in a specified time period.
Shown as second
aws.kafka.volume_write_bytes
(gauge)
The number of bytes written in a specified time period.
Shown as byte
aws.kafka.volume_write_ops
(gauge)
The number of write operations in a specified time period.
aws.kafka.zookeeper_request_latency_ms_mean
(gauge)
Mean latency in milliseconds for ZooKeeper requests from broker.

Events

The Amazon MSK crawler does not include any events.

Service Checks

The Amazon MSK integration does not include any service checks.

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog support.

Further Reading

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