KafkaPeek

KafkaPeek is a developer tool that monitors key metrics in your local Kafka deployment.

Key Health Metrics Tracked

• Bytes In Per Sec
• Bytes Out Per Sec
• JVM Heap Usage (MB)
• Under Replicated Partitions
• Offline Partition Count
• Active Controller Count
• Brokers Running

Key Performance Metrics Tracked

• Requests Per Sec
• Request Total Time (s)
• Request Queue Time (ms)
• Response Send Time (ms)

Tech Stack

Client: React, React Router, ApexCharts, Socket.io

Server: Node, Express, Socket.io KafkaJS

DevOps: Apache Kafka, Prometheus, JMX Exporter, Grafana, Docker, Git, Github

Features

• Live monitoring of key health metrics of a Kafka Broker
• Secured login through Github OAuth
• Slack alerts if metrics go beyond user set specifications
• Customization of dashboard metrics based on the organizations needs
• Ability to save graphs in real time

Installation

Install KafkaPeek with npm to install all dependencies

  npm install

Deployment

To deploy this project run the following commands in the terminal:

1. Deploy your kafka cluster

  docker-compose up

2. In a new terminal window, deploy the producer:

  npm run start:producer

3. In a new terminal window, deploy the consumer:

  npm run start:consumer

4. In a new terminal window, deploy the application on:

Deploy application on dev server (localhost:8080)

  npm run dev

OR

Deploy application on production server (localhost:4000)

  npm run build

then

  npm start

Now you have a fully functioning Kafka broker with one demo producer and consumer.

Demo

Main Dashboard

Slack Notifications

Running Tests

To run tests, run the following command

  npm run test socketIOtest.js

  npm run test supertest.js

Roadmap

• Web Based Application
• Customized Developer Options
• Github OAuth Authentication
• User Account Information
• User Settings
• NoSql Database - Error Logs/Accounts/Archived Metrics

Acknowledgements

• Awesome Readme Templates
• Awesome README
• How to write a Good readme

Authors

• Dipen Nagpal: Github | LinkedIn
• Nicholas Echevarria: Github | LinkedIn
• Luis Navarro: Github | LinkedIn
• Juan Kang: Github | LinkedIn