What is best command line method to fetch the kafka metrics

[Rajesh Naicken <rn...@in.ibm.com>]

Hi
Is there a good method to collect kafka metrics via command line instead of using grafana or console etc .. ?

Thanks
Rajesh



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Re: What is best command line method to fetch the kafka metrics

["Brebner, Paul" <Pa...@netapp.com.INVALID>]

Hi Rajesh, not sure what your use case is, but apparently there is a Kafka tools class (Kafka.tools.JmxTool) that can be run with Kafka-run-class.sh to view broker metrics (you have to enable a remote JMX port first):

https://jaceklaskowski.gitbooks.io/apache-kafka/content/kafka-tools-JmxTool.html

Will this work? Is it a good idea? Not sure, sorry! Regards, Paul Brebner

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Date: Thursday, 9 October 2025 at 9:05 am
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Hi
Is there a good method to collect kafka metrics via command line instead of using grafana or console etc .. ?

Thanks
Rajesh



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