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Kafka agent

Select the Kafka Version

Select the Java Version.

Install the AxonOps Kafka Agent and its dependency axon-agent:

sudo apt-get install axon-kafka2-agent
sudo apt-get install axon-kafka3-agent
sudo apt-get install axon-kafka2-agent
sudo apt-get install axon-kafka3-agent

Configuration File Locations

AxonOps Kafka Agent

The AxonOps Kafka Agent is the jar that is directly loaded by Kafka. The AxonOps Kafka Agent then reaches out directly to the AxonOps Agent binary which contacts the AxonOps Server directly.

  • Configuration File: /etc/axonops/axon-agent.yml
  • Binary: /usr/share/axonops/axon-kafka{version}-agent.jar
  • Version number: /usr/share/axonops/axon-kafka{version}-agent.version
  • Copyright: /usr/share/doc/axonops/axon-kafka{version}-agent/copyright
  • Licenses: /usr/share/axonops/licenses/axon-kafka{version}-agent/

AxonOps Agent

The AxonOps Agent is a dependency of the AxonOps Kafka Agent. This binary contacts the AxonOps Server directly while minimizing the memory footprint and CPU utilization of the Kafka process.

  • Configuration File: /etc/axonops/axon-agent.yml
  • Binary: usr/share/axonops/axon-agent
  • Logs: /var/log/axonops/axon-agent.log
  • Systemd service: /usr/lib/systemd/system/axon-agent.service