#monitoring
5 posts.
What a Safe Strimzi Extension Must Preserve
Using the Pletor Kafka image as an example, learn how to add node-metrics-agent without breaking Strimzi's launcher, lifecycle, or JMX Exporter contracts.
The Kafka Partition Looks Fine, but the Disk Is Full
Kafka 4.3 adds Partition Size Percentage metrics for retention pressure, but Kafka operators still need physical free-space monitoring for log.dirs.
Can Kafka Client Metrics Really Close the Observability Gap?
A practical look at Kafka client telemetry from KIP-714: how it works, which metrics it can collect, how to configure it, and where the operational limits are.
Your Kafka Looks Balanced. Your Brokers Disagree
Leader partition counts can look even while Kafka brokers carry very different network and storage load. This post explains how to read balancing through partition weight.
Consumer Lag Is Not a Health Score: Thinking in Kafka Consuming Pressure
A practical way to read Kafka Consumer Lag together with producer rate and consumer group capacity instead of treating lag as an absolute health signal.