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What is Kouncil?

⚠️ Please note: Active development of Kouncil has come to an end. To support your transition to another tool, we’ve prepared a . Thank you for testing with us! The source code remains available on GitHub.

Kouncil for Apache Kafka

Kouncil lets you monitor and manage your Apache Kafka clusters using a modern web interface.It's an easy-to-set-up, feature-rich, free and open-source Kafka web UI. This simple Kafka tool makes your DATA detectible, helps troubleshoot problems and deliver optimal solutions. You can easily monitor brokers and their condition, consumer groups and their pace along with the current lag, or view the content of topics in real time.

Here are some of Kouncil's main features. 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

Check out Kouncil in action without installing it. We've prepared a demo site showcasing the main features of Kouncil, which can be found [here]. (https://kouncil-demo.web.app/)

The easiest way to start working with Kouncil is by using Docker:

There are only two required environment variables: bootstrapServers, which should point to one of the brokers in your Kafka cluster, and kouncil.auth.active-provider, which specifies 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 a 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 .

Images for Kouncil are hosted here: https://hub.docker.com/r/consdata/kouncil.

For more advanced configuration, consult the section.

Default credentials to log in to Kouncil are admin/admin. For more authentication options, check out

docker run -d -p 80:8080 -e bootstrapServers="kafka1:9092" -e kouncil.auth.active-provider="inmemory" consdata/kouncil:latest

Demo app

Quick start

Authentication

http://localhost
Deployment
Authentication
Migration Guide