Viewing Kafka Consumer Information

If a consumer group has consumers who are accessing a Kafka instance, you can view their connection information.

Prerequisites

The consumer list and connection address can be viewed only when consumers in a consumer group are connected to the Kafka instance (that is, the consumer group is in the STABLE state).

Viewing the Consumer List (Console)

  1. Log in to the console.

  2. Click image1 in the upper left corner to select a region.

    Note

    Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

  3. Click Service List and choose Application > Distributed Message Service. The Kafka instance list is displayed.

  4. Click an instance to go to the instance details page.

  5. In the navigation pane, choose Consumer Groups.

  6. Click the name of the desired consumer group.

  7. On the Consumers tab page, view the consumer list.

    In the consumer list, you can view the consumer ID, consumer address, and client ID.

  8. (Optional) To query a specific consumer, enter the consumer ID in the search box and press Enter.

Viewing the Consumer List (Kafka CLI)

  • For a Kafka instance with ciphertext access disabled, run the following command in the /bin directory of the Kafka client:

    ./kafka-consumer-groups.sh --bootstrap-server ${connection-address} --group ${group-name} --members --describe
    

    Parameter description:

    • connection-address: can be obtained from the Connection area on the Basic Information page on the Kafka console.

    • group-name: consumer group name.

    Example:

    [root@ecs-kafka bin]# ./kafka-consumer-groups.sh --bootstrap-server 192.168.xx.xx:9092,192.168.xx.xx:9092,192.168.xx.xx:9092 --group test --members --describe
    
    GROUP           CONSUMER-ID                                           HOST            CLIENT-ID        #PARTITIONS
    test            console-consumer-571a64fe-b0c4-47ce-833d-9e0da5a88d14 /192.168.0.215  console-consumer 3
    [root@ecs-kafka bin]#
    
  • For a Kafka instance with ciphertext access enabled, do as follows:

    1. (Optional) Modify the client configuration file.

      View Security Protocol in the Connection area on the Basic Information page on the Kafka console. The configuration settings vary depending on the protocol.

      • SASL_PLAINTEXT: Skip this step if the username and password are already set. Otherwise, create the ssl-user-config.properties file in the /config directory on the Kafka client and add the following content to the file:

        security.protocol=SASL_PLAINTEXT
        # If the SASL mechanism is SCRAM-SHA-512, configure as follows:
        sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.scram.ScramLoginModule required \
        username="**********" \
        password="**********";
        sasl.mechanism=SCRAM-SHA-512
        # If the SASL mechanism is PLAIN, configure as follows:
        sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required \
        username="**********" \
        password="**********";
        sasl.mechanism=PLAIN
        

        Parameter description: username and password are the ones you set when enabling ciphertext access for the first time or when creating a user.

      • SASL_SSL: Skip this step if the username, password, and SSL certificate are already set. Otherwise, create the ssl-user-config.properties file in the /config directory on the Kafka client and add the following content to the file:

        security.protocol=SASL_SSL
        ssl.truststore.location={ssl_truststore_path}
        ssl.truststore.password=dms@kafka
        ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm=
        # If the SASL mechanism is SCRAM-SHA-512, configure as follows:
        sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.scram.ScramLoginModule required \
        username="**********" \
        password="**********";
        sasl.mechanism=SCRAM-SHA-512
        # If the SASL mechanism is PLAIN, configure as follows:
        sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required \
        username="**********" \
        password="**********";
        sasl.mechanism=PLAIN
        

        Parameter description:

        • ssl.truststore.location: path for storing the client.jks certificate. Even in Windows, you need to use slashes (/) for the certificate path. Do not use backslashes (\), which are used by default for paths in Windows. Otherwise, the client will fail to obtain the certificate.

        • ssl.truststore.password: server certificate password, which must be set to dms@kafka and cannot be changed.

        • ssl.endpoint.identification.algorithm: whether to verify the certificate domain name. This parameter must be left blank, which indicates disabling domain name verification.

        • username and password: username and password you set when enabling ciphertext access for the first time or when creating a user.

    2. Run the following command in the /bin directory of the Kafka client:

      ./kafka-consumer-groups.sh --bootstrap-server ${connection-address} --group ${group-name} --members --describe --command-config ../config/ssl-user-config.properties
      

      Parameter description:

      • connection-address: can be obtained from the Connection area on the Basic Information page on the Kafka console.

      • group-name: consumer group name.

      Example:

      [root@ecs-kafka bin]# ./kafka-consumer-groups.sh --bootstrap-server 192.168.xx.xx:9093,192.168.xx.xx:9093,192.168.xx.xx:9093 --group test --members --describe --command-config ../config/ssl-user-config.properties
      
      GROUP           CONSUMER-ID                                           HOST            CLIENT-ID        #PARTITIONS
      test            console-consumer-566d0c82-07d3-4d87-9a6e-f57a9bc9fc69 /192.168.0.215  console-consumer 3
      [root@ecs-kafka bin]#
      

Viewing Consumer Connection Addresses (Console)

  1. Log in to the console.

  2. Click image2 in the upper left corner to select a region.

    Note

    Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

  3. Click Service List and choose Application > Distributed Message Service. The Kafka instance list is displayed.

  4. Click the desired Kafka instance to view the instance details.

  5. In the navigation pane, choose Consumer Groups.

  6. Click the desired consumer group.

  7. On the Consumers tab page, view the consumer addresses.