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# Integration guide for Kafka

> Kafka is primarily used to build real-time streaming data pipelines and applications that adapt to the data streams. It combines messaging, storage, and stream processing to allow storage and analysis of both historical and real-time data.

<Warning>
  This integration requires a UTMStack agent to work properly. Please, make sure you have installed it before you continue.
</Warning>

> Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thousands of companies for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications.

### 1. Enable Filebeat module

> Linux

```
cd /opt/utmstack-linux-agent/beats/filebeat/ && ./filebeat modules enable kafka
```

> Windows

```
cd "C:\Program Files\UTMStack\UTMStack Agent\beats\filebeat\" && filebeat modules enable kafka
```

### 2. Configure Filebeat module

> Configure the module configuration file according to the image below. You can find it in the path:

> Linux

```
/opt/utmstack-linux-agent/beats/filebeat/modules.d/kafka.yml
```

> Windows

```
C:\Program Files\UTMStack\UTMStack Agent\beats\filebeat\modules.d\kafka.yml
```

<img height="200" className="block rounded-xl" src="https://mintcdn.com/insecurewebllc/lfYYvC-pPoHEyH8F/images/integrations/kafka/config-kafka.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=lfYYvC-pPoHEyH8F&q=85&s=11df3215d2d8c96f8643607760057ecc" alt="Fafka" data-path="images/integrations/kafka/config-kafka.png" />

<Note>
  Important!! After a Filebeat module is enabled, the service needs to be restarted using the following command:
</Note>

> Linux

```
sudo systemctl restart UTMStackModulesLogsCollector
```

> Windows

```
sc stop UTMStackModulesLogsCollector && timeout /t 5 && sc start UTMStackModulesLogsCollector
```

<Warning>
  Depending on how you’ve installed Filebeat, you might see errors related to file ownership or permissions when you try to run Filebeat modules. See [Config File Ownership and Permissions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/8.5/config-file-permissions.html)
</Warning>

### 3. Click on the button shown below, to activate the UTMStack features related to this integration