Monitoring and Observability for Kafka Clusters on Kubernetes

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This post details the technical steps and configurations required to integrate Confluent Platform deployed on Kubernetes with Datadog for monitoring. It covers creating Datadog API keys, installing Datadog agents on Kubernetes nodes, configuring Datadog site names, applying specific annotations to Confluent Platform component CRDs for JMX and log collection, installing the Confluent Platform integration tile in Datadog, and validating the agent installation and dashboard. The technical depth includes specific YAML configurations and kubectl commands.