Axual Documentation

Axual

    • Overview
      • What is Axual?
      • Platform overview
        • Axual Architecture & Components
    • Getting Started
      • Select Data Formats
      • Creating Topics
      • Creating Applications
      • Producing Data
      • Consuming Data
    • Self-Service Guide
      • Dashboard & Overview
      • Managing Topics
        • Topic Authorizations
        • Topic Insights
        • Download a Topic’s AsyncAPI Specification
        • Kafka Topic Properties
      • Managing Applications
        • Application Types
        • Configuring Authentication
        • Requesting Topic Access
        • Updating an Application
        • Deleting an Application
        • Viewing Application Insights
        • Viewing Application Logs
        • Self-Managed Applications
          • Registering a Self-Managed Application
          • Resetting Consumer Offset
          • Resetting a Kafka Streams Application
          • Kafka Streams Prefixed ACLs
        • Connector Applications
          • Managing Connector Applications
          • Updating Connector Configuration
          • Connector Application States
        • KSML Applications
          • Managing KSML Applications
          • KSML Application States
          • Choosing a Deployment Size
        • Flink Applications
          • Managing Flink Applications
          • Flink Application States
      • Managing Environments
      • Schemas
      • Managing your Tenant
        • Audit History
        • Tenant Insights
        • Security
      • Managing Users and Roles
      • Managing Groups
      • Service Accounts
        • Managing Service Accounts
        • Federated Service Accounts
        • Setting Up Microsoft Entra
        • Authenticating as a Service Account
        • Service Account and Federation Reference
      • Managing Instances
        • Enable KSML Support
        • Enabling Kafka Connect
        • Enabling Flink
        • Apicurio Keycloak Realm
      • Managing Clusters
        • Topic/Group/TransactionalId Patterns
      • Monitoring
        • Topic Metrics
          • Message Rate
          • Incoming Byte Rate
          • Outgoing Byte Rate
          • Size in Records
          • Size in Bytes
        • Application Metrics
          • Consumer Lag in Records
          • Consumer Time to Catch Up
        • Partition Metrics
          • Size in Records
          • Size in Bytes
      • Topic Browse
      • Data Masking
      • Notifications
      • Synchronize
    • Application Guide
      • Integrate with Kafka
        • Client Libraries
          • Producers
            • Java Clients
              • Java Kafka Client
            • .Net Clients
              • .Net Kafka Client
            • Python Clients
              • Python Kafka Client
            • REST Client
          • Consumers
            • Java Clients
              • Java Kafka Client
            • .Net Clients
              • .Net Kafka Client
            • Python Clients
              • Python Kafka Client
            • REST Client
        • Monitoring Java Applications
        • Apicurio Registry Authentication for SerDes
        • KSML
        • Connect Plugins Catalogue
          • Sink Connectors
            • Cloud Storage
              • Amazon S3
              • Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
              • Google Cloud Storage
            • Database
              • Cassandra
              • CosmosDB
              • Couchbase
              • JDBC
                • JDBC - MySQL
                • JDBC - Oracle
                • JDBC - PostgreSQL
                • JDBC - SQL Server
              • Neo4j
              • Redis
              • Snowflake
            • Messaging & Streaming
              • Google Pub/Sub
              • Google Pub/Sub Lite
              • JMS
              • Kafka
                • 1.1.0 (Latest)
                • 1.0.7
            • Search & Analytics
              • Elasticsearch
              • Google BigQuery
              • OpenSearch
              • Splunk
            • Other
              • HTTP
              • Salesforce SObject
              • SAP HANA
          • Source Connectors
            • Cloud Storage
              • Amazon S3
            • Database
              • Cassandra
              • Debezium Change Data Capture Connectors
                • CDC - Cassandra
                • CDC - DB2
                • CDC - MongoDB
                • CDC - MySQL
                • CDC - Oracle
                • CDC - PostgreSQL
                • CDC - SQL Server
              • CosmosDB
              • Couchbase
              • JDBC
                • JDBC - MySQL
                • JDBC - Oracle
                • JDBC - PostgreSQL
                • JDBC - Snowflake
                • JDBC - SQL Server
              • MongoDB
              • Neo4j
            • Messaging & Streaming
              • AMQP 1.0
              • Google Pub/Sub
              • Google Pub/Sub Lite
              • IBM MQ
              • JMS
              • Kafka
                • 1.1.0 (Latest)
                • 1.0.7
              • MQTT
            • Other
              • Salesforce Pub/Sub API
                • 1.1.0 (Latest)
                • 1.0.0
              • SAP HANA
        • Rest Proxy API
          • Producing data via REST Proxy
          • Definitions
            • AxualRestException
            • ConsumeResponse
            • ProduceRequest
            • ProduceResponse
            • ReceivedMessage
            • SchemaRequest
            • SchemaResponse
          • Message Types
            • StringMessage
            • AvroMessage
            • AvroJsonMessage
            • NullMessage
      • Integrate with Axual
        • Platform Manager API
        • Axual MCP
        • Axual Terraform Provider
        • CI/CD
          • Create CI/CD User
    • Operations Guide
      • Installation & Configuration
        • Deployment Strategy
        • Prerequisites
          • Infrastructure Requirements
          • Dependencies
          • Install an Ingress Controller
          • How to Set Up a Local Loopback Alias
          • Certificates, TLS and DNS
            • DNS and Certificate Inventory Reference
            • Mutual TLS in Axual Platform
            • How to Prepare Certificates and DNS Before Installing
            • TLS Secret Formats Reference
            • How to Configure Certificates on an Axual Component
          • Preparations
        • Quick Setup
          • Full stack: Kafka & Governance (k8s)
          • Governance Only (k8s)
          • Governance Only (OpenShift)
        • Streaming Installation
          • How to Deploy Axual Kafka
          • Install Axual Streaming
          • Apicurio Registry Installation
            • How to Enable Apicurio Registry
            • Apicurio Registry Read Access Models
            • How to Configure Apicurio Authentication
            • How to Enable the Apicurio Auth Proxy
          • How to Improve Rest Proxy Availability
        • Governance Installation
          • Install Axual Governance
          • How to Enable Insights and Metrics
        • Runtime Installation
          • Kafka Connect: Concepts and Architecture
            • How to Prepare the Kafka Broker for Kafka Connect
            • How to Set Up the Connector Vault for Kafka Connect
            • How to Deploy a Kafka Connect Cluster
            • How to Enable Kafka Connect Log Reading
            • How to Decommission a Kafka Connect Cluster
          • Axual Connect Installation (deprecated)
            • How to Deploy Axual Connect
            • How to Install Connect Plugins
            • How to Publish Connect Plugins to Self-Service
            • How to Host a Plugin Download Location
            • Enabling Connector Logging into Kafka
            • Axual Connect Configuration Reference
          • Distribution Between Kafka Clusters
            • How to Deploy the Axual Distributor
            • How to Load Remote Cluster TLS Material from Kubernetes Secrets
            • How to Enable JSON Logging in the Axual Distributor
            • How to Verify Distribution
            • How to Check Distribution Health
            • Offset Distribution
            • Schema Distribution
          • How to Deploy the Runtime Provisioner
          • How to Customise KSML Application Deployments
          • How to Enable Flink in Axual Governance
          • How to Deploy the Axual MCP Server
          • How to Configure Keycloak for the MCP Server
        • Post-Installation Setup
          • Creating Self-Service Resources
          • Local Realm
          • SSO Realm
          • IAM Group Configuration
          • Federated Service Account Realm Setup
          • How to Set Up Vault for Governance
          • How to Set Up Vault for Axual Connect
        • Monitoring
          • Installing the Monitoring Stack
          • How to Configure Logging
          • How to Ship Logs to a Central Stack
          • How to Search Logs in Kibana
          • How to Alert on a Log Pattern in Kibana
          • Metrics
          • How to Import the Axual Grafana Dashboards
          • Tracing
        • Troubleshooting
          • How to Inspect Kubernetes Workloads
          • How to Restart a Service
          • How to Debug Authorisation Errors in Platform Manager
          • Deployment Troubleshooting
          • Acting on Alerts
          • Troubleshoot an Axual Connect Deployment (deprecated)
          • Troubleshoot a Kafka Connect Deployment
        • Secrets and Certificates
          • How to Store Component Credentials in a Kubernetes Secret
          • Certificate Management
            • How to Inspect a Certificate
            • How to Rotate a Certificate
            • How to Replace the Root Certificate Authority
      • Component Details
        • Streaming Components
          • Apache Kafka
            • Strimzi Operator
          • Axual Kafka
            • Readme
            • Helm Readme
            • Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
          • Apicurio
            • Helm Readme
            • Apicurio Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
          • Rest Proxy
            • Readme
            • Helm Readme
            • Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
        • Governance Components
          • SQL
            • MySQL Chart Values Reference
          • Vault
            • Chart Values Reference
          • Keycloak
            • Chart Values Reference
          • API Gateway
            • Readme
            • Helm Readme
            • Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
          • Topic Browse
            • Readme
            • Helm Readme
            • Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
          • Metrics Exposer
            • Readme
            • Helm Readme
            • Metrics Exposer Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
          • Platform Manager
            • Readme
            • Helm Readme
            • Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
          • Platform UI
            • Readme
            • Helm Readme
            • Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
        • Runtime Components
          • Axual Connect (deprecated)
            • Helm Readme
            • Changelog
          • Kafka Connect
            • What is "Connect"? What are "Connectors"?
            • Connector Configuration Reference
            • How to Produce Sample Data for a Sink Connector
            • Helm Readme
            • Chart Values Reference
            • Changelog
          • Axual Distributor
            • Helm Readme
            • Distributor Chart Values Reference
            • Metrics Reference
            • Changelog
          • Runtime Provisioner
            • Readme
            • Helm Readme
            • Runtime Provisioner Reference
            • Changelog
          • KSML
          • Flink
        • Init Containers
          • Keystore-provider
      • Infrastructure
        • Resilience & High Availability
        • Storage & State
        • Network and Port Reference
      • Upgrading & Migration
        • Kafka 4 Upgrade
          • Identifying old Kafka clients
          • Cleaning up removed Kafka configs
          • Kafka 4 upgrade
        • Create a Tenant with SSO Realm
        • Import existing Kafka
        • Enabling SASL
        • Migrate Schema Registry to Apicurio
        • Migrate from Axual Connect to Kafka Connect
        • Upgrade to Runtime Provisioner 0.8.0
        • Advanced Features
        • Working with Helm Charts
        • Handling Distribution Headers
    • Axual Platform Releases
      • What’s New
      • Release Notes
      • Upgrade Steps
      • Compatibility Matrix
    • Support
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Application metrics

Application metrics

These metrics depend on kafka_exporter, an exporter for Prometheus. This component can be enabled via Strimzi and is installed via the Kafka Helm charts.

Size in Bytes Consumer Lag in Records