This check monitors Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) through the Datadog Agent.

Follow the instructions below to install and configure this check for an Agent running on a host. For containerized environments, see the Autodiscovery Integration Templates for guidance on applying these instructions.

1. Create a client machine if one does not already exist
2. Ensure the client machine has been granted the permission policy arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonMSKReadOnlyAccess or equivalent credentials are available
3. Install the Datadog Agent

1. Edit the amazon_msk.d/conf.yaml file, in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent's configuration directory to start collecting your Amazon MSK performance data. See the sample amazon_msk.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

2. Restart the Agent.

Run the Agent's status subcommand and look for amazon_msk under the Checks section.

See metadata.csv for a list of metrics provided by this check.

aws.msk.can_connect:
Returns CRITICAL if the Agent is unable to discover nodes of the MSK cluster. Otherwise, returns OK.

aws.msk.prometheus.health:
Returns CRITICAL if the check cannot access a metrics endpoint. Otherwise, returns OK.

The Amazon MSK check does not include any events.

Need help? Contact Datadog support.