diff --git a/kafka/README.md b/kafka/README.md index 398d488d077af..36c877a740078 100644 --- a/kafka/README.md +++ b/kafka/README.md @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ To collect Kafka consumer metrics, see the [kafka_consumer check][3]. The Agent's Kafka check is included in the [Datadog Agent][4] package, no additional installation is needed on your Kafka nodes. +Add [Data Streams Monitoring][24] to your producers and consumers to visualize the application topology, root cause issues across services, and measure end to end latency, throughput and lag. + The check collects metrics from JMX with [JMXFetch][5]. A JVM is needed on each kafka node so the Agent can run JMXFetch. The same JVM that Kafka uses can be used for this. **Note**: The Kafka check cannot be used with Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK). Use the [Amazon MSK integration][6] instead. -Add [Data Streams Monitoring][24] to your producers and consumers to visualize the application topology, root cause issues across services, and measure end to end latency, throughput and lag. - ### Configuration