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The Kafka Connect UI

Learn about the Kafka Connect section in the SMM UI, which you can use to deploy, manage, and monitor Kafka Connect connectors.

The Connect section in SMM is your main hub in CDP where you deploy, manage, and monitor Kafka Connect connectors. This section of the UI is only available if you deployed Kafka Connect role instances under your Kafka service and SMM is configured to integrate with Kafka Connect. For detailed instructions on how to set up Kafka Connect and integrate it with SMM, see Kafka Connect Setup.


Clicking Connect, opens the Connect Cluster page with the Connectors tab open. This is the default page of the Kafka Connect UI. It provides a high level overview of the connectors and the connect cluster.



At the top-right corner of the Connect Cluster page, you can see the name of the cluster. The New Connector option below the cluster name starts the Connector Setup wizard, which you use to deploy connectors in your cluster. For detailed steps on how to deploy a new connector, see Deploying and Managing connectors .

The Connectors section provides some basic metrics regarding Kafka Connect including total connectors, running connectors, failed connectors, degraded connectors, and paused connectors. Under the Connectors section you can find two tabs, Connectors and Cluster Profile. The two tabs enable you to monitor and manage your connectors and the connect cluster.

Connectors tab

In the Connectors tab, you can view details of the source connectors, topics, and sink connectors in the cluster. The Source Connectors and Sink Connectors sections show all, running, paused, and failed connectors with connector name and associated task details. Both Source Connectors and Sink Connectors sections contain a Search option that enables you to search for particular connector details. The Topics section shows the Kafka topics where data is read from or written to.

Hovering over a specific connector displays a context menu where you can view the class name and status of the connector. The context menu also provides quick options to pause, resume, and restart the connector. Clicking on any of your deployed connectors or topics visualizes how the data is flowing into or out of the selected entities.


Cluster Profile tab

In the Cluster Profile tab, you can view details of the connect cluster and the workers. The tab includes information regarding your cluster such as the Cloudera Manager URL, the number of workers deployed in the cluster, as well as an uptime counter. Additionally, the Workers section lists all worker hosts available in the cluster. This section includes basic worker-level information, such as how many connectors are deployed on a worker, success and failure rates, and more.



If you click the option found next to each host, additional details and metrics are displayed that are specific to the worker host you selected. The information includes a list of connectors assigned to the worker, as well detailed connector, task, and worker rebalance metrics. Using the Search by host field, you can search for worker details by host. Additionally, you can filter the list of connectors deployed on the worker host based on their status.



The Connector Profile

After you deploy a connector, you can monitor the details of the connector, modify its configuration, and carry out various management actions.

To monitor or manage a specific connector, click (Connector Profile) next to the connector's name. Clicking the icon redirects you to the Connector Profile page of the selected connector. The Connector Profile page enables you to monitor the details of the connector, monitor and manage its tasks, and edit its configuration. The page consists of two tabs Connector Profile and Connector Settings.

Connector Profile tab

The Connector Profile tab enables you to monitor details of the connector and its tasks. Additionally, a few basic management options are also available.


This tab is organized into multiple sections. The various sections enable you to do the following:
  • The Connector Profile section provides you with details regarding the Classname, Assigned Worker, Status, Total Tasks, Running Tasks, Failed Tasks, and Paused Tasks.
  • In the Tasks section, you can view and monitor Status, Worker ID, Task ID, and various other details regarding connector tasks.

    Clicking next to a task displays detailed information and metrics about the selected task. In addition to viewing status and metrics, the Tasks section also allows you to restart a particular task. This can be done by selecting the task you want to restart and clicking the Restart option found within the Tasks section. The Search by host option enables you to search for particular task details by host.

  • Using the buttons in the top right-hand corner you can pause, resume, restart, and delete the connector, or deploy a new connector.

Connector Settings tab

The Connector Settings tab enables you to review and edit the configuration of the connector. By default editing the connector configuration is disabled. To enabled editing, click Edit in the bottom left-hand corner. In addition to reconfiguring the connector, you can pause, resume, restart, and delete the connector, or deploy a new connector with the buttons in the top right-hand corner of the page.