kafka_exporter is a Prometheus exporter for Kafka metrics.
$ helm repo add gkarthiks https://gkarthiks.github.io/helm-charts
$ helm install --name kafka-exporter gkarthiks/prometheus-kafka-exporter
This chart bootstraps a kafka_exporter deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.
To install the chart with the release name my-release:
$ helm repo add gkarthiks https://gkarthiks.github.io/helm-charts
$ helm install --name kafka-exporter gkarthiks/prometheus-kafka-exporter
The command deploys prometheus-kafka-exporter on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration.
To uninstall/delete the kafka-exporter deployment:
$ helm delete kafka-exporter
The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.
The following table lists the configurable parameters and their default values.
| Parameter | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
replicaCount |
desired number of prometheus-kafka-exporter pods | 1 |
image.repository |
prometheus-kafka-exporter image repository | danielqsj/kafka-exporter |
image.tag |
prometheus-kafka-exporter image tag | latest |
image.pullPolicy |
image pull policy | IfNotPresent |
resources |
cpu/memory resource requests/limits | {} |
service.type |
desired service type | ClusterIP |
service.port |
service external port | 9308 |
service.annotations |
annotations for service | {} |
kafkaServer |
Kafka server addresses as an array with port number | |
annotations |
pod annotations for easier discovery | {} |
rbac.create |
Specifies whether RBAC resources should be created. | true |
rbac.pspEnabled |
Specifies whether a PodSecurityPolicy should be created. | true |
serviceAccount.create |
Specifies whether a service account should be created. | true |
serviceAccount.name |
Name of the service account. | `` |
prometheus.serviceMonitor.enabled. |
Whether you would like to enable a serviceMonitor | true |
prometheus.serviceMonitor.namespace. |
The namespace to create the serviceMonitor in | monitoring |
prometheus.serviceMonitor.interval |
Interval at which metrics should be scraped | prometheus-kafka-exporter |
prometheus.serviceMonitor.additionalLabels.app |
Additional labels to add to the ServiceMonitor | {} |
For more information please refer to the kafka_exporter documentation.
Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,
$ helm install --name kafka-exporter \
--set "replicaCount=1" \
gkarthiks/prometheus-kafka-exporter
Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,
$ helm install --name kafka-exporter -f values.yaml gkarthiks/prometheus-kafka-exporter