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Kafka

Supported Types

LogsMetricsTraces

Configuration Table

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
telemetry_typestelemetrySelector["Logs", "Metrics", "Traces"]Specifies which types of telemetry to export.
protocol_versionenum"2.0.0"The Kafka protocol version to use when communicating with brokers. Valid values are: "2.2.1", "2.2.0", "2.0.0", or "1.0.0".
brokersstringslocalhost:9092A list of the brokers to connect to when sending metrics, traces, and logs.
timeoutint5Timeout (seconds) for every attempt to send data to the backend.
log_topicstringotlp_logsThe name of the topic to export logs to.
log_encodingenumotlp_protoThe encoding to use when publishing logs to Kafka. Options are otlp_proto, otlp_json, and raw.
metric_topicstringotlp_metricsThe name of the topic to export metrics to.
metric_encodingenumotlp_protoThe encoding to use when publishing metrics to Kafka. Options are otlp_proto and otlp_json.
trace_topicstringotlp_spansThe name of the topic to export traces to.
trace_encodingenumoltp_protoThe encoding to use when publishing traces to Kafka. Options are otlp_proto, otlp_json, jaeger_proto, jeager_json, zipkin_proto, and zipkin_json.
compressionenumgzipThe compression algorithm to use when publishing data to Kafka. Options are gzip, snappy, lz4, and none.
enable_authboolfalse
auth_typeenumbasicbasic, sasl, or kerberos
basic_usernamestring
basic_passwordstring
sasl_usernamestring
sasl_passwordenum
sasl_mechanismstringSCRAM-SHA-256SCRAM-SHA-256, SCRAM-SHA-512, or PLAIN
kerberos_service_namestring
kerberos_realmstring
kerberos_config_filestring/etc/krb5.conf
kerberos_auth_typeenumkeytabkeytab or basic
kerberos_keytab_filestring/etc/security/kafka.keytab
kerberos_usernamestring
kerberos_passwordstring

Supported Retry and Queuing Settings

This destination supports the following retry and queuing settings:

Sending QueuePersistent QueueRetry on Failure

Example Configuration

Basic Configuration

Web Interface

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Standalone Destination

yaml
1apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
2kind: Destination
3metadata:
4    name: kafka
5spec:
6    type: kafka_otlp_destination
7    parameters:
8        - name: telemetry_types
9          value:
10            - Metrics
11            - Logs
12            - Traces
13        - name: protocol_version
14          value: 2.0.0
15        - name: brokers
16          value:
17            - localhost:3333
18        - name: timeout
19          value: 50
20        - name: metric_topic
21          value: my_metrics
22        - name: metric_encoding
23          value: otlp_json
24        - name: log_topic
25          value: my_logs
26        - name: log_encoding
27          value: raw
28        - name: trace_topic
29          value: my_spans
30        - name: trace_encoding
31          value: zipkin_proto
32        - name: compression
33          value: gzip