What is Kouncil?

Kouncil lets you monitor and manage your Apache Kafka clusters using a modern web interface. It's free & open source kafka web UI, feature-rich and easy to set up! This simple kafka tool makes your DATA detectible, helps to troubleshoot problems and deliver optimal solutions. Yoy can easily monitor brokers and their condition, consumer groups and their pace along with the current lag or simply view the content of topics in real time.
Here are some of the main features of Kouncil. For a more comprehensive list check out the features section.
Advanced record browsing in table format
Multiple cluster support
Cluster monitoring
Consumer group monitoring
Event Tracking
Demo app
If you wish to simply check out Kouncil in action, without having to install it, we've prepared a demo site showcasing the main features of Kouncil. The demo site can be found here​
Quick start
The easiest way to start working with Kouncil is by using Docker:
docker run -d -p 80:8080 -e bootstrapServers="kafka1:9092" -e kouncil.auth.active-provider="inmemory" consdata/kouncil:latest
There is only two required environment variables: bootstrapServers which should point to one of the brokers in your Kafka cluster and kouncil.auth.active-provider which specified authentication mode. For example, if your cluster consists of three brokers - kafka1:9092, kafka2:9092, kafka3:9092 - you only have to specify one of them (-e bootstrapServers="kafka1:9092"), and you are good to go, Kouncil will automatically do the rest!
Additionally, Kouncil supports multiple clusters. Hosts specified in bootstrapServers may point to brokers in several clusters, and Kouncil will recognize that properly. Brokers should be separated using comma, i.e.: docker run -d -p 80:8080 -e bootstrapServers="kafka1:9092,kafka1.another.cluster:8001" -e kouncil.auth.active-provider="inmemory" consdata/kouncil:latest
After the docker run command head to http://localhost.
Images for Kouncil are hosted here: https://hub.docker.com/r/consdata/kouncil.
For more advanced configuration consult the Deployment section.
Authentication
Default credentials to log in to Kouncil are admin/admin. For more authentication option head out to Authentication​
Roadmap
Version
Content
Status
UI Tweaks Part 1
A handful of fixes based on the most frequently reported comments from our users
Better logs on broker unavailability
Broker config - table improvements
Consumer group - Improved lag tracking
Consumer group - colour coded
Event tracking - date format
Event tracking - topic order
Event tracking - web socket toggle
Tables - Stick it to the left
Released (1.1)
Not Only JSON Part 1
This version will bring the remaining popular message formats
Schema Registry
Protobuf consumer
Protobuf producer
Released (1.2)
Not Only JSON Part 2
This version will bring the remaining popular message formats
Avro consumer
Avro producer
Plaintext handling
Released (1.4)
Security
Extended Kafka and Kouncil security support
SSL support
JAAS authentication
LDAP authentication
Logged users activity monitoring
Released (1.5)
UI Tweaks Part 2
Second batch of frontend improvements
Broker list - overview
Event tracking - additional columns
Tables - column auto adjustment
Consumer Group - Lag preview
In progress
Cloud
Easy way of deploying Kouncil to the cloud
K8s support - helm chart
Terraform (GCP, AWS, Azure)
TODO

Version	Content	Status
UI Tweaks Part 1 A handful of fixes based on the most frequently reported comments from our users	Better logs on broker unavailability Broker config - table improvements Consumer group - Improved lag tracking Consumer group - colour coded Event tracking - date format Event tracking - topic order Event tracking - web socket toggle Tables - Stick it to the left	Released (1.1)
Not Only JSON Part 1 This version will bring the remaining popular message formats	Schema Registry Protobuf consumer Protobuf producer	Released (1.2)
Not Only JSON Part 2 This version will bring the remaining popular message formats	Avro consumer Avro producer Plaintext handling	Released (1.4)
Security Extended Kafka and Kouncil security support	SSL support JAAS authentication LDAP authentication Logged users activity monitoring	Released (1.5)
UI Tweaks Part 2 Second batch of frontend improvements	Broker list - overview Event tracking - additional columns Tables - column auto adjustment Consumer Group - Lag preview	In progress
Cloud Easy way of deploying Kouncil to the cloud	K8s support - helm chart Terraform (GCP, AWS, Azure)	TODO

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Features

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