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# Enable Apache Kafka health monitoring

# Enable Apache Kafka health monitoring {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Zurich
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* Updated July 31, 2025
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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
{#enable-kafka-metrics__ul_qmc_vfc_1gc}

## 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.