Yes, that's 0.8 specific. You can find the docs in http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#monitoring
Thanks, Jun On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Pablo Barrera González < pablo.barr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is that 0.8 specific? > > Sorry, I can't find the documentation you mention (there are no references > to the variable maxLag). > > I still find more problems in having a dual connection (jmx and zookeeper) > instead of only one (zookeeper). > > > > > 2013/8/22 Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com> > > > Are you trying to monitor the lag in the consumer? If so, you can use the > > maxLag/minFetch JMX described in > > http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#monitoring > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jun > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Pablo Barrera González < > > pablo.barr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > > > > I am trying to monitor our kafka cluster. For that I use a zookeeper > > client > > > that reads the information of all the consumer and a jmx agent that > > > connects to the brokers. I try to look for discrepancies between the > data > > > being produced and the data being consumed. > > > > > > I dislike the idea of using two different connect types (jmx and > > zookeeper) > > > for this so I wonder why broker does not publish the offset into > > zookeeper? > > > I don't want the last offset, just and update every X seconds or > minutes. > > > Is there any reason for not doing that? > > > > > > Other option is to use only jmx connections but then discovering the > > > consumers is impossible. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Pablo > > > > > >