Configure the Kafka metrics connector instance

Configure the Kafka metric consumer connector instance to read message send to Kafka server over topic.

Avant de commencer

To activate metric collection, ensure that the MID Server that retrieves metrics is configured with the Metric Intelligence extension and that the extension is in Started mode. See Manually configure the Metric Intelligence extension.

• For PLAINTEXT in the Credential field, create a Basic authentication credential.

  Select the Search icon () next to the Credential field.

• ServiceNow does not support discovery for Kafka. Therefore, create the CI entry manually in the respective table.

Role required: evt_mgmt_admin

Procédure

1. On the Credentials screen, select New.
2. From the list of available credentials, select Basic Auth Credentials.
3. On the Basic Authentication screen, give information for PLAINTEXT authentication, which doesn’t require credentials.
   For PLAINTEXT authentication, in the Name field, type any value and leave the User Name and Password fields empty.
4. Select Submit.
5. For a SASL_PLAINTEXT, SSL, or SASL_SSL authentication credential, in the Credential field, create a Kafka SSL credential.
   1. Select the Search icon () next to the Credential field.
   2. On the Credentials screen, select New.
   3. From the list of available credentials, select Kafka SSL Credentials.

      For the Kafka SSL credentials fields descriptions, see Kafka SSL credentials fields.

      Remarque :

      If you clear the Disable hostname verification field, then in the Additional Kafka consumer properties field, enter the value of the ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm parameter the same as of the Kafka server parameter value. For example:

      ssl.enabled.protocols=TLSv1.2,TLSv1.1,TLSv1;
      sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username=<username> password=<password>;
      sasl.enabled.mechanisms=PLAIN;ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm=;