Enable Apache Kafka health monitoring

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read enable-kafka-metrics.md

Set configurations in the Apache HTTP server application to enable the Agent Client Collector to perform Apache Kafka HTTP server monitoring.

Before you begin

Enable Java Management Extensions (JMX) for Kafka metric collection by running the following command:
Text
```
Environment=”JMX_PORT=9999”
```
Role required: agent_client_collector_admin

Procedure

Enable collecting Apache Kafka performance metrics using Java Management Extensions (JMX) by running the following command:
Text
```
JMX_PORT=9999 bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties
```
Configure the admin server port by modifying the port number of the admin.serverPort property in the zookeeper.properties file.

The default port is 8080.

Parent Topic:Deploying Agent Client Collector on both servers and endpoints

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title: Enable Apache Kafka health monitoring
description: Set configurations in the Apache HTTP server application to enable the Agent Client Collector to perform Apache Kafka HTTP server monitoring.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/enable-kafka-metrics.html
release: australia
product: Agent Client Collector
classification: agent-client-collector
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [ACC deployment - shared between servers and endpoints, Configuring Agent Client Collector, Agent Client Collector, IT Operations Management]
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# Enable Apache Kafka health monitoring

Set configurations in the Apache HTTP server application to enable the Agent Client Collector to perform Apache Kafka HTTP server monitoring.

## Before you begin

-   Enable Java Management Extensions \(JMX\) for Kafka metric collection by running the following command:

    ```
    Environment=”JMX_PORT=9999”
    ```

-   Role required: agent\_client\_collector\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Enable collecting Apache Kafka performance metrics using Java Management Extensions \(JMX\) by running the following command:

    ```
    JMX_PORT=9999 bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties
    ```

2.  Configure the admin server port by modifying the port number of the admin.serverPort property in the zookeeper.properties file.

    The default port is 8080.


**Parent Topic:**[Deploying Agent Client Collector on both servers and endpoints](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/agent-client-collector/acc-shared-deployment.md)