Confluent & Datadog Bring Enterprise Monitoring & Metrics for Kafka

What this post added

This post introduces a new agent-based integration with Datadog for monitoring Confluent Platform components including Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, Schema Registry, and REST Proxy. It details how to install and configure the Datadog Agent to collect JMX metrics from these services and host-level system metrics. It also highlights the complementary value of using Confluent Control Center for deeper dives into specific issues identified in Datadog dashboards.