Cloudera Surveyor for Apache Kafka Helm chart configuration reference

A reference listing all configurable properties of the Cloudera Surveyor Helm chart.

Configure these properties during installation in your helm install command, or update them after installation using helm upgrade. Use the --values (-f) and --set options to specify properties. For example:

helm install cloudera-surveyor \
  --namespace [***NAMESPACE***] \
  --values [***VALUES FILE***] \
  --set-file surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.keys.active=[***PATH TO AUTHENTICATION KEY FILE***] \
  --set 'image.imagePullSecrets=[***CLOUDERA CREDENTIAL SECRET***]' \
  --set-file clouderaLicense.fileContent=[***PATH TO LICENSE FILE***] \
  oci://container.repository.cloudera.com/cloudera-helm/csm-operator/surveyor \
  --version 1.7.0-b248

Properties are grouped into two tables. The General Properties table lists configuration properties for customizing the overall deployment of Cloudera Surveyor, including settings for global Kafka client configurations, authentication, TLS, Ingress, Secret management, and others.

The ClusterConfigs Properties table lists configuration properties that specify which Kafka clusters Cloudera Surveyor connects to and how connections are established. These properties include settings for cluster identification, per-cluster client configuration, alert thresholds, and more.

Table 1. General Properties
Property Description Default Value
replicaCount The ReplicaSet count. 2
fipsMode Enable FIPS mode false
instanceName Specifies the name of the Cloudera Surveyor instance. When set, the name is displayed on the UI and included in the response of the /api/v1/ui-config endpoint. none
serviceAccountName Specifies the name of an existing Kubernetes ServiceAccount for the Cloudera Surveyor pod. When left blank, the pod runs under the default ServiceAccount in its namespace. ""
securityProviders[*] List of security providers to load []
securityProviders[*].providerClassName Class name of the provider none
securityProviders[*].argument Argument to pass to provider none
securityProviders[*].classpath[*] List of filesystem paths that should be added to the classpath in order for this provider to function. []
image.registry The container image registry where the image is hosted. container.repository.cloudera.com
image.repository The repository name of the container image. cloudera
image.name The name of the container image. surveyor
image.tag The tag of the container image to use. latest
image.pullPolicy The policy to use when pulling the container image. IfNotPresent
image.uiName The name of the UI container image. surveyor-app
image.uiTag The tag of the UI container image. latest
image.imagePullSecrets The name of the Secret containing credentials that provide access to the registry where Cloudera Surveyor images are hosted. To specify multiple Secrets, provide an array of objects where each object has a name property: [{name: "secret1"}, {name: "secret2"}]. none
service.type The type of Kubernetes Service. ClusterIP
service.port The port exposed by the Service. 8443
surveyorConfig.* Cloudera Surveyor configuration object. {}
surveyorConfig.surveyor.commonClientConfig Kafka client configuration properties applied to all clients. Must contain upstream Kafka client properties as a map. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].commonClientConfig to set client configuration on a per-cluster basis. {}
surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalHiddenTopicNamePattern Regular expression to specify which topic should be hidden. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].hiddenTopicNamePattern to configure it on a per-cluster basis. The default expression filters topic names that follow common internal topic naming conventions. ^(__.+|ATLAS_.+)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.snapshotClientPool.clientCount Number of Kafka clients used for snapshotting clusters. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotClientPool.clientCount to set the client count on a per-cluster basis. Cloudera recommends using the default value. Increase the client count if snapshotting data from the cluster is slow. 5
surveyorConfig.surveyor.snapshotClientPool.clientConfig Kafka client configuration properties applied to all snapshot clients. Must contain upstream Kafka client properties as a map. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotClientPool.clientConfig to set snapshot client configuration on a per-cluster basis. {}
surveyorConfig.surveyor.adminClientPool.clientCount Number of Kafka clients used for administrative operations. Administrative operations include actions such as managing topics (create, delete, alter) and managing consumer groups (delete, reset-offsets). Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].adminClientPool.clientCount to set the client count on a per-cluster basis. 2
surveyorConfig.surveyor.adminClientPool.clientConfig Kafka client configuration properties applied to all admin clients. Must contain upstream Kafka client properties as a map. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].adminClientPool.clientConfig to set admin client configuration on a per-cluster basis. {}
surveyorConfig.surveyor.maxGlobalSnapshotParallelism Maximum number of usable threads for processing snapshots across all clusters. Note that this does not control the maximum number of threads created rather the number of active threads. This also does not limit the number of threads in use by the kafka clients. Defaults to the number of available processor cores at runtime. null
surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalSnapshotInterval Interval specifying how frequently snapshots are made for all clusters in ISO 8601 representation. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotInterval to configure snapshot interval on a per-cluster basis. PT3M (3 minutes)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalAclFetchInterval Interval specifying how frequently ACLs are fetched and refreshed for all clusters in ISO 8601 representation. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].authorization.aclFetchInterval to configure the ACL fetching interval on a per-cluster basis. PT1M (1 minute)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalSnapshotTimeout Interval specifying the timeout of the snapshot operation for all clusters in ISO 8601 representation. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotTimeout to configure the snapshot operation timeout on a per-cluster basis. PT1M (1 minute)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalSnapshotTtl Interval specifying how long the last successful snapshot is kept when subsequent snapshots are failing for all clusters in ISO 8601 representation. Use clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotTtl to configure the TTL of the last successful snapshot on a per-cluster basis. PT8M (8 minutes)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.snapshotMaxJitter Interval specifying the maximum initial jitter of snapshotting for all clusters in ISO 8601 representation. PT10S (10 seconds)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.ldap.enabled Enables or disables LDAP authentication. true
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.ldap.keys.active The secure key used to sign authentication tokens. It must be random bytes of at least 32 length. crptographically secure random 128 bytes (only in non-FIPS mode)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.ldap.keys.passive The secure key used to verify authentication tokens during authentication key rolling. When used, it should be set to the previously active key. none
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.ldap.principalMappingRule Central principal mapping rule used to transform user principals into short names before evaluating authorization permissions. You can specify multiple rules, which are evaluated in order. The first rule that matches a principal name is applied for mapping, subsequent rules are ignored. The supported format is: 'RULE:pattern/replacement/, RULE:pattern/replacement/, DEFAULT'. This property works the same way as the ssl.principal.mapping.rules property in Kafka. DEFAULT
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.ldap.userSessionTimeout Time interval after which users are required to relogin into Cloudera Surveyor in ISO 8601 representation. P1D (1 day)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.ldap.inactivityTimeout User inactivity timeout in ISO 8601 representation. If users are inactive for the duration of this timeout, they are required to relogin into Cloudera Surveyor. PT1H (1 hour)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.ldap.tokenRenewalInterval Authentication token renewal interval in ISO 8601 representation. This must be smaller than inactivityTimeout, recommended not to be larger than half of the inactivityTimeout. PT10M (10 minutes)
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.trustedProxy.enabled Enables or disables TrustedProxy authentication. false
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.trustedProxy.userHeader The name of the HTTP header that contains the user, provided by the proxy application. none
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.trustedProxy.rolesHeader The name of the HTTP header that contains the roles, provided by the proxy application. none
surveyorConfig.surveyor.authentication.trustedProxy.requestIdHeader The name of the HTTP header that contains the request id, provided by the proxy application. none
surveyorConfig.quarkus.* Quarkus specific configurations. {}
tlsConfigs.enabled Enables or disables TLS. true
tlsConfigs.secretRef The name of the Secret containing TLS configuration properties. "tls-config"
clouderaLicense.fileContent The contents of the Cloudera license. Use with --set-file to generate a Secret automatically that contains the Cloudera license. none
clouderaLicense.secretRef The name of the Secret containing the Cloudera license file. none
ingress.enabled Enables or disables external access through Ingress. false
ingress.className The Ingress controller class. none
ingress.extraAnnotations.* Extra annotations to apply to the Ingress. {nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTPS"}
ingress.rules.host The host of the Ingress rule. "none"
ingress.rules.path The Ingress path. "/"
ingress.tls.enabled Enables or disables TLS for Ingress. true
ingress.tls.secretRef The name of the Secret containing Ingress TLS certificates. "ingress-tls-cert"
gateway.enabled Enables or disables external access using the Gateway API. When enabled, an HTTPRoute resource is created that routes traffic to Cloudera Surveyor through an existing Gateway resource. Requires Gateway API v1 CRDs, a Gateway Controller, at least one Gateway resource in the cluster, and at least one Gateway reference in gateway.parentRefs. The structure of gateway.parentRefs[*], gateway.hostnames[*], and gateway.rules[*] follows the Kubernetes Gateway API HTTPRoute specification. false
gateway.parentRefs[*] Lists existing Gateway resources that handle traffic routing to Cloudera Surveyor. Each entry specifies a Gateway's name, namespace, and optional group/kind. At least one parent must be provided. []
gateway.hostnames[*] Lists DNS hostnames that the HTTPRoute matches for routing to Cloudera Surveyor (for example, surveyor.example.com, surveyor.internal.com). When a request arrives at the Gateway with one of these hostnames, traffic is routed to the Cloudera Surveyor Service. If omitted, the Gateway's default hostname routing applies. []
gateway.rules[*] Lists HTTPRoute routing rules for advanced use cases. Each rule can specify path matching (for example, /api/*), request filters (for example, header modification, request redirection), and target backend services. If you do not specify backendRefs in a rule, a single backendRef pointing to the Cloudera Surveyor Service is automatically configured. If you do not specify a matches block in a rule, a single PathPrefix matches block with value / is automatically configured. If you leave gateway.rules empty, a default rule is automatically created that routes all traffic (/) to the Cloudera Surveyor Service. []
globalTruststore.secretRef.name The name of the Secret containing the global Cloudera Surveyor truststore. none
globalTruststore.secretRef.key The key in the Secret containing the global Cloudera Surveyor truststore. none
globalTruststore.type The type of the global Cloudera Surveyor truststore. Can be JKS, PKCS12 or BCFKS. PKCS12
globalTruststore.password.secretRef.name The name of the Secret containing the global truststore password. none
globalTruststore.password.secretRef.key The key of the Secret containing the global truststore password. none
podSecurityContext Security context settings at the pod level. {}
containerSecurityContext Security context settings at the container level. {}
resources Resource requests and limits for the Cloudera Surveyor container. {}
scheduling.nodeSelector Node selector constraints for pod scheduling. {}
scheduling.affinity Affinity rules for more complex pod scheduling. Includes nodeAffinity, podAffinity, and podAntiAffinity. {}
scheduling.tolerations Tolerations to allow pod scheduling on nodes with matching taints. []
scheduling.topologySpreadConstraints Constraints for distributing pods across the cluster topology. []
env List of environment variables to be set in the Cloudera Surveyor container. Can be specified as direct values or references to secrets/configmaps. See below
secretsToMount[*] List of secrets to mount []
secretsToMount[*].secretRef The name of the secret to mount none
secretsToMount[*].create If set to true a new secret will be created false
secretsToMount[*].items[*] List of items in the secret to mount. If empty all items will be mounted []
secretsToMount[*].items[*].key Key of the item in the secret none
secretsToMount[*].items[*].path Path of the mounted item relative to /opt/secrets/[***SECRET NAME***]/ none
secretsToMount[*].items[*].content If create is set to true the content of this item in the newly created secret none
extraVolumes[*] List of additional volumes to attach to the pod. This allows you to mount various types of volumes like secrets, configMaps, persistentVolumeClaims, etc. []
extraVolumes[*].name The name of the volume. Must match the corresponding name in extraVolumeMounts. none
extraVolumes[*].<volumeType> The volume configuration. Can be any valid Kubernetes volume type such as secret, configMap, persistentVolumeClaim, etc. none
extraVolumeMounts[*] List of volume mounts that specify how volumes are mounted into the container. []
extraVolumeMounts[*].name The name of the volume to mount. Must match a volume defined in extraVolumes. none
extraVolumeMounts[*].mountPath The path within the container at which the volume should be mounted. none
extraVolumeMounts[*].readOnly Whether the volume should be mounted read-only. Defaults to false. false
podLabels Additional labels to add to the Cloudera Surveyor pod. {}
Table 2. ClusterConfigs Properties
Property Description Default Value
clusterConfigs.clusters[*] Array of connected clusters and their client configuration. []
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clusterName The name of the cluster. This name is displayed on the UI. ``
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].tags A list of arbitrary tags associated with the cluster. Use tags to logically group and organize clusters. For example, by department, geographic location, or environment. Properly tagging clusters makes it easier to filter and organize them on the UI. []
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].bootstrapServers A comma-separated list of the bootstrap servers for the Kafka cluster that Cloudera Surveyor connects to. Specify multiple servers for highly available connections. ``
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotInterval Interval specifying how frequently snapshots are made for this cluster in ISO 8601 representation. Overrides surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalSnapshotInterval. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotTimeout Interval specifying the timeout of the snapshot operation in ISO 8601 representation. Overrides surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalSnapshotTimeout. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotTtl Interval specifying how long the last successful snapshot is kept when subsequent snapshots are failing in ISO 8601 representation. Overrides surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalSnapshotTtl. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].commonClientConfig Kafka client configuration properties applied to all clients for this cluster. Must contain upstream Kafka client properties as a map. Properties specified here are merged with, and take precedence over, the client configuration specified in surveyorConfig.surveyor.*. {}
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].hiddenTopicNamePattern Regular expression to specify which topic should be hidden. Overrides 'surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalHiddenTopicNamePattern'. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].brokerAddressListener Specifies the name of the Kafka listener to use for resolving broker addresses. When set, Cloudera Surveyor looks up each broker's address from advertised.listeners (falling back to listeners) for the specified listener name, instead of using the addresses from the bootstrap listener. Use this when the listener that bootstrap.servers points to differs from the listener whose addresses you want displayed in the UI. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotClientPool.clientCount Number of Kafka clients used for snapshotting this cluster. Overrides surveyorConfig.surveyor.snapshotClientPool.clientCount. Cloudera recommends using the default value. Increase the client count if snapshotting data from the cluster is slow. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].snapshotClientPool.clientConfig Kafka client configuration properties applied to all snapshot clients for this cluster. Must contain upstream Kafka client properties as a map. Properties specified here are merged with, and take precedence over, the client configuration specified in surveyorConfig.surveyor.* and clusterConfigs.clusters[*].commonClientConfig. {}
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].adminClientPool.clientCount Number of Kafka clients to use for administrative operations in this cluster. Administrative operations include actions such as managing topics (create, delete, alter) and managing consumer groups (delete, reset-offsets). Overrides surveyorConfig.surveyor.adminClientPool.clientCount. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].adminClientPool.clientConfig Kafka client configuration properties applied to all admin clients for this cluster. Must contain upstream Kafka client properties as a map. Properties specified here are merged with, and take precedence over, the client configuration specified in surveyorConfig.surveyor.* and clusterConfigs.clusters[*].commonClientConfig. {}
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].adminOperationTimeout Timeout used for administrative operations in ISO 8601 representation. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].readOnlyBrokerConfigs Enables or disables broker configuration editing in Cloudera Surveyor. When set to true, editing is disabled. Configure this property if the lifecycle of your Kafka clusters is managed by tooling or systems such as the Strimzi Cluster Operator, where changes made through Cloudera Surveyor might be automatically overwritten during reconciliation or deployment. false
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].allTopicConfigsFetchRetries Number of retries when fetching all the available topic configurations in the cluster. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.logDirUsageConcerningThresholdPercent The percentage of log directory usage that triggers a concerning alert. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.logDirUsageCriticalThresholdPercent The percentage of log directory usage that triggers a critical alert. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.diskVolumeImbalanceThresholdPercent The percentage that a log directory's size can differ from the average size of all log directories before an alert is triggered. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.brokerVolumeImbalancePercent The percentage that a broker's total log directory size can differ from the average across all brokers before an alert is triggered. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.brokerReplicaImbalancePercent The percentage that the number of replicas hosted on a broker can differ from the average across all brokers before an alert is triggered. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.brokerLeaderImbalancePercent The percentage that the number of leader replicas hosted on a broker can differ from the average across all brokers before an alert is triggered. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.totalLagConcerning The amount of lag for a consumer group that triggers a concerning alert. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.totalLagCritical The amount of lag for a consumer group that triggers a critical alert. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.consumerGroupOverrides Specifies per-consumer-group alert threshold overrides. Each override contains a pattern that is evaluated against the full consumer group ID in the order listed. The first matching pattern is applied. Each override can specify optional totalLagConcerning and totalLagCritical thresholds. Omitted thresholds fall back to cluster-level defaults. Set a threshold to -1 to disable that alert for matching groups. []
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.consumerGroupOverrides[*].pattern Specifies a Java regular expression matched against the full consumer group ID using Pattern.matches(). Invalid patterns are logged as warnings and skipped. (required)
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.consumerGroupOverrides[*].totalLagConcerning Specifies an override for the concerning lag threshold for consumer groups matching this pattern. Set to -1 to disable concerning alerts for matching groups, or omit to use the cluster-level default set in clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.totalLagConcerning. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.consumerGroupOverrides[*].totalLagCritical Specifies an override for the critical lag threshold for consumer groups matching this pattern. Set to -1 to disable critical alerts for matching groups, or omit to use the cluster-level default set in clusterConfigs.clusters[*].alertConfigs.totalLagCritical. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].authorization.enabled Enables authorization. true
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].authorization.aclFetchInterval Interval specifying how frequently ACLs are fetched and refreshed for this cluster in ISO 8601 representation. Overrides surveyorConfig.surveyor.globalAclFetchInterval. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].authorization.principalMappingRule Principal mapping rule. Follows the syntax of Kafka's ssl.principal.mapping.rules property. DEFAULT
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].authorization.superUsers List of superusers. []
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].authorization.defaultResult Default result of the authorization. Accepted values are: DENIED or ALLOWED. DENIED
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clientConfigs Specifies an optional client configuration bundle for a cluster. Configure this object and its child properties to add cluster-related files to the bundle. The files are made available for download on the Client Configurations tab on the Cluster Details page in the UI. The chart auto-generates the Pod volume and mount for Secrets referenced in clientConfigs.files[*].secretRef. You do not need manual extraVolumes or extraVolumeMounts entries. When omitted, the Client Configurations tab displays a message that no client configuration files are available for download. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clientConfigs.files Files included in the bundle. Each entry declares a file name, MIME type, optional description, and a secretRef to an existing Kubernetes Secret holding the file content. []
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clientConfigs.files[*].name Specifies the file name shown in the file list and used inside the zip archive. This value is also the basename of the file on the Cloudera Surveyor Pod under /etc/surveyor/client-configs/[***CLUSTER NAME***]/, matching clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clusterName. (required)
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clientConfigs.files[*].contentType Specifies the MIME type of a file in the client configuration bundle. The UI previews files with a text/* content type or application/x-pem-file. Other types are download-only. (required)
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clientConfigs.files[*].description Specifies an optional human-readable description of a file in the client configuration bundle, displayed in the UI alongside the file name. null
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clientConfigs.files[*].secretRef.name Name of the Kubernetes Secret in the Cloudera Surveyor release's namespace that contains the file content. The chart projects this Secret onto the Cloudera Surveyor pod automatically. Cert-manager–issued or operator-managed Secrets work in place — rotations propagate without a Helm upgrade. (required)
clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clientConfigs.files[*].secretRef.key Specifies the key in the Secret set by clusterConfigs.clusters[*].clientConfigs.files[*].secretRef.name that contains the file content. (required)