Configuring Metrics Reporter in Cruise Control

You can choose between using the default Cruise Control Metrics Reporter or using the Cloudera Manager Metrics Reporter for fetching metrics in Cruise Control. Cloudera recommends using the Cloudera Manager solution with light installation, and the default solution with heavy installations of Kafka deployments.

  1. Access Cloudera Manager for the Cruise Control configurations.
    1. Go to your cluster in Cloudera Manager.
    2. Select Cruise Control from the list of Services.
    3. Click on Configuration tab.
  2. Search for Metrics Reporter.
  3. Select CM metrics reporter or Cruise Control metrics reporter based on your requirements.
  4. Click Save changes.
  5. Click on Action > Restart next to the Cruise Control service name to restart Cruise Control.